The Early Renaissance artist Brunelleschi is generally credited with inventing one-point perspective. Examine the principles of one-point perspective. How did Brunelleschi employ it in his own art? How was it used by later artists to create illusionistic renderings of space? To what degree is the use of one-point perspective visible in contemporary Dutch works? Art>Elements of Art>Line>Linear Perspective>One-Point http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/1/1/3/2.html
One way in which Dutch art of the Renaissance differed from Italian art was through the use of oil painting, which became widespread in Northern Europe before it became popular in Italy. Explore the properties of oil paint. What opportunities does it open to artists who want to create pictures in fine, realistic detail? What particular features of oil paint did Dutch artists most commonly exploit? How did the use of oil paint helped to differentiate Dutch works from contemporary Italian ones? Art>Art Techniques>Painting>Oil/Acrylic http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/2/1/2.html
An important element of Early Renaissance Dutch paintings is a fine attention to creating a sense of tangible texture. What techniques can artists use to simulate texture on a flat surface? Which techniques did fifteenth-century Dutch artists use? Art>Elements of Art>Texture>Visual Texture>Simulated http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/1/3/2/2.html
