history

  Please read: David G. Stork, “Optics and Realism in Renaissance Art,” Scientific America, December 2004, pp. 1-9.; Available in the Readings Folder.

   And view: Northern Renaissance - The Supreme Art, Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xql4qDfOJI

   Then discuss:  What issues or questions are at stake in Stork’s article?  Why are people concerned about Van Eyck’s methods?  Do their questions and investigations help us understand the Renaissance period better and if so in what ways?   How does the Stork article compare to the documentary Northern Renaissance (the same story or a different one)?