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Perspective

Perspective. First used by Giotto Revived by Massaccio defines start of Renaissance in painting uses vanishing point adds realism to painting view Massaccio’s Trinity. Compare this use of perspective to Byzantine icons find the vanishing point

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Perspective

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  1. Perspective • First used by Giotto • Revived by Massaccio • defines start of Renaissance in painting • uses vanishing point • adds realism to painting • view Massaccio’s Trinity

  2. Compare this use of perspective to Byzantine icons • find the vanishing point • see how lines drawn from the vanishing point aid in the realism of the painting

  3. Massaccio • Revives use of perspective in 15th century • uses pyramid form • revived Giotto’s idea of “coherence of art”

  4. Jan van Eyck • Representative of Northern Renaissance • known for portraits • poetic use of verse and symbols in painting • view Arnolfini Marriage

  5. Botticelli • Italian painter • known for classical subjects • illustrates importance of line in painting • view Birth of Venus

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