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The Northern Renaissance

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.1525-1569) Humanism one-point linear perspective used to create illusionary space and genres, including frontal portraiture, self-portraiture, and landscape\ Artwork of this form is a valued representation of human life, granting passage through the ills and beauties of human nature. Northern Renaissance/Renaissance (general) An artistic revolution that mainly benefited the wealthier, higher-class families and individuals in Nothern Europe at the time. Created a foundation for Western culture Humanist works were centered around representing an individual in relation to their surroundings or other story-telling methods that observed a scene rather than a standalone person Pieter Bruegel was a very famous artist for his time (post-reformation) Produced art that told many stories, from commoners to proverbs and mythology Created multiple sets of paintings and illustrations that focused on a particular subject matter, such as the seasons. The Harvesters (1565) 
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Art Analysis: In The Perspective Of...

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 ... your mom? Your Aunt? An ant? A dog, cat, bird, or rat? Well, I guess that's initially the artist's determination, but what about the on-looker, the observer, the enthusiast? "You have so many questions, Mars, what gives???" Well, little doves, perspective is to blame for my utter confusion. I'll give you the run-down on what I have learned: If you've ever been like me and have stayed up until 3 a.m. digging an endless pit to Wonderland, you'll understand why I feel so frazzled. I knew the link between perspective art and the sciences had to exist, right?? I scrolled through Google images until I found it—the holy trinity, no less—art, architecture, and engineering. All three fuse together in perfect harmony, and all at once implode on themselves to show us a galaxy of what it truly means to push boundaries. Hans Vredeman de Vries At least, that's what I thought of his work. I appreciate these clean, even lines. The patience, the skill—my hand cram
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Welcome to the Un-Verse

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      Where everything is bent backward, and physics defies all logic.  Hello, fellow earthlings, I am Marisa Connors, but you can call me Mars. I am a student at UAF who is more of an art admirer than an artist. If I have an art in anything, it would be the art of conversation. Although I have experience in acrylic painting, collage, watercolors, line art, and stipple. Currently interested in experimenting with gouache. I am creating this blog per course requirements, but I also hope to channel my previous studies in STEM and pay homage to the weird and wonderful world it creates. A place where you lose your mind over Ohm's Law and count your blessings that you added up those resistors right because the schematics are missing 😳 Example Circuit Schematic: Class A common-base small-signal high-gain amplifier But I also want to focus on the art behind the science. Nothing has ever impressed me more than the art required to articulate scientific discoveries, be it gravity, neurons,
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