Please discuss these two structures Please consider the

Please discuss these two structures. Please consider the purpose, the architectural style, and the patron(s) who commissioned each.

Taj Mahal, Agra, India Mughal period 1632 -1648 Amiens Cathedral begun in 1220; almost “complete” by 1375

Please discuss how each artist represents perspective.

Please discuss these two representations of mythic females.

Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus 1484 -86 Jan van Eyck The Ghent Altarpiece Eve 1425 -29 oil on wood, Cathedral of St. Bavo, Ghent

Please discuss how each artist represents the landscape. Please consider issues like how the figure is represented in the landscape, what the artist may be trying to argue with this representation of the landscape, and way that the artist creates the illusion of depth (perspective).

Hunters in the Snow (January) Pieter Bruegel the Elder 1565

Landscape Shitao Leaf from an album of landscapes Qing dynasty c. 1700 Ink and color on paper

In each of these works, the artist is making an argument that is based on the doctrines of their religion. Please uncover each argument and please discuss how the work makes this argument visually. You will, of course, have to touch on each religion to provide context for your discussion.

Matthias Grunewald 1510 -1515 center panel from the Isenheim Altarpiece: Crucifixion

Monk Sewing Ninga Kamakura period, early 14 th century ink on paper

Kuya Preaching Kosho Kamakura period before 1207 painted wood

Please compare these two works.

Duccio di Buoninsegna 1278 -1318 (active) Maesta Altarpiece 1308 -1311 Siena detail: Entry into Jerusalem

Hour of Cowdust Punjab Hills, India Mughal period c. 1790 gouache on paper

Please compare the tone of each of these landscapes. Make sure that you offer visual evidence that allows you to link your assertions about tone to the actual work itself.

Landscape Bunsei Muromachi period, mid-15 th century hanging scroll, ink and light colors on paper

El Greco View of Toledo 1610 oil on canvas

in situ Please discuss these three works. Discuss how their context affects these three pieces. If appropriate, please consider how the context affects the actual object that was made, the argument that the work makes because of its context, and the problem that the context created as well as the solution that the artist created to this contextual challenge.

perspective Please discuss how the perspective is represented in these three works. If appropriate, please discuss the development of perspective as evidenced by these three different representations of space; consider not only how perspective is rendered but also what the artist seemed to be privileging or using perspective to argue.

light Please discuss what light is meant to argue, represent, or accomplish in each of these three works.

the human form Please discuss what the human form is meant to argue or represent in each of these works.

patronage and politics Please discuss how each of these works of art reflects a political argument and/or is used to exert or retain power.

authority Please discuss how each of these works of art constructs authority.

miracles Please discuss how each of these works of art presents a miraculous event.