-Late gothic & early renaissance:●Continuous narrative (1 panel tells a story with multiple figures)●Sense of movement/animation●Use of continuous images●No hierarchical scale (more realistic)●More slender, human figures with emotionally believable features●Devotional images became popular with the Black Plague●Rise of vernacular literature; people have more access●Rising interest in humanism; interest in the natural world, individuals, andhumanity’s worldly existence (as opposed to trends in the afterlife/2ndcoming/hell)●Rebirth of Greek classical culture-Byzantine influence - use of gold-Early renaissance:●Movement toward naturalism (through observation)●Ushered in the age of the early Scientific (reliant on observation)●Symbolic drapery; folds are asymmetrical●Sense of space●Fresco painting technique = painting on damp plaster●Use of chiaroscuro – use of lights and darks to create a sense of modeling for a2D figure●Use of foreshortening (ex. Angels) – shorten part of an organic form to make itappear to recede into the distance●Use of spatial illusionism●Emphasis on horizontal elements (architecture)●Gothic structure; tall to reach the heavens (architecture)●3D perspective on a 2D surface-International style:●International style – bright colors, gold, weightless figures, fluttering lines,background gives no indication of where the painting is located●Combines Sienna and French art styles-Northern renaissance (anything outside Italy in the 15th/16th centuries)●Interest in landscape + interior spaces (receding into space)●3D perspective on a 2D surface●Deep space and overlapping●Observation/naturalism●Engraving:-Referred to as a reverse process; use a sharp tool and the areas you wantprinted you cut out-The deeper and wider the area, the more ink it will hold●
