In today’s class we picked up a where was left off in a conversation on perspective. Not being present in the class where the topic was first introduced, I found it really interesting the points that were made about the significance of vantage point and the different uses from both the Northern and Italian Renaissances. The Italians, which spearheaded the operation, were very meticulous in keeping to rules of perspective while the Northern artists were a bit more lax. This was also connected to the fact that of detail oriented-ness for the Northern artists while the Italians remained more “big picture” in many more of their works. We took a look at the Exeter Madonna painted by Petrus Christus to point out some of those trends. We also spent some time introducing portraiture and some common trends back when they first started coming on the scene.