An essay describing the differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissance Artists. Written for an AP Art History Course.
The artworks of the Northern Renaissance and Italian Renaissance artists are different. Robert Campin's (Master of Flamalle) Merode Altarpiece and Massacio's Holy Trinity demonstrate this. These works are each very good examples of their location, and are different despite the fact they were created around the same time.
Massacio's Holy Trinity shows how detail was important. It also shows the rational space that many Italian artists used. Massacio did this by making it so that …
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…of Northern artists.
Overall these two artworks are more different than alike. This goes along with the difference between Northern and Italian artists during the Renaissance. It all depends on the paintings chosen because not all paintings contain all elements and some contain elements that others would normally not have. The biggest differences are shown in the window painting of the northern artists and the rational space, not visual space, used by the Italian artists.
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