1. Comparisons
What could you argue? What would is most important about each work? What should be the focus of your discussion?

2. David Michelangelo 1501-1504 marble
David Bernini marble

3. Caravaggio The Sacrifice of Isaac 1601-02 oil on canvas
Rembrandt
The Sacrifice of Isaac 1655
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4. How does the physical gesture each couple employs reflect the intended content of the image?
What is each image intended to argue?
to employ: to put to use or service

5. Though seemingly similar, each image is extremely characteristic of the period in which it was made. How? Please explain.

6. Jan Vermeer View of Delft Baroque oil on canvas

7. Hunters in the Snow (January) or Return of the Hunters Pieter Bruegel the Elder oil on wood panel

8. El Greco View of Toledo oil on canvas

9. Piero della Francesca
Dream of Constantine
fresco cycle The Legend of the True Cross Bacci Chapel, Church of San Francesco, Arezzo
Jan Vermeer Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1657

10. Self-Portrait Rembrandt Baroque oil on canvas
Albrecht Durer Self-Portrait
Renaissance oil on wood panel

11. Titian Venus of Urbino 1538 oil on canvas
Rembrandt Bathsheba at Her Bath oil on canvas

12. Titian Venus of Urbino 1538 oil on canvas
Diego Velázquez The Rokeby Venus or The Toliet of Venus ca oil on canvas