1) What style of painting is this? How is this style a break from past
traditions? What kinds of things is this painter borrowing from
past styles? Names some of the periods/styles that this artist is
referencing. How is detail used as a kind of rhetorical or pursuasive
element? How does the iconography of this painting reflect some
of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about society?
2) Describe how this painters use of classical humanism and
classicism in general is a break from earlier uses of classicism
during the Renaissance. How does this style incorporate elements
from Caravaggio’s and Velasquez’ paintings?
3) How is this painter using references to classicism in a different
way then other artists? How does the iconography of this painting
reflect some of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about society?
4)Both of these works are based on a treatises by two famous
architects.
Name both architects who wrote and or republished treatises and
discuss these architects influence on these two buildings.
Make sure you discuss how this architect has affected both the
iconography and form of these structures.
