Question 1:
During the Renaissance and Baroque periods the type of patron diversified beyond the church to include private individuals city governments and corporate commissions sponsored by entities such as the Wool Guild. These patrons that were outside of the church were essential to artists to ensure their financial livelihood. Often artists like Michelangelo were forced to take commissions and complete works that they did not want to undertake. In 3 well developed paragraphs discuss:
In your comparison discuss:
Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by discussing specific works of art that you have read about this week talking about how they illustrate and support your ideas.
Question 2:
In Northern Europe the group portrait was a popular genre of painting in the Dutch Republic and Rembrandt was in high demand as a portraitist. In 3 well developed paragraphs discuss:
Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by discussing specific works of art that you have read about this week talking about how they illustrate and support your ideas.
Respond tobothquestions as thoroughly as possible making sure to use information from the readings and the lectures. All responses should be in complete sentence form using proper spelling and grammar.
Discussion question responses should be at least a one-half double-spaced page in length. Your responses to your peers’ writing should be at least a good paragraph in length for each question and should include specifics from the text or lecture.