We spent the first portion of class deconstructing our selfies and analyzing the choices we made, knowingly and unknowingly. After that we talked about some of the common practices with portraiture in the Renaissance. One really interesting note we made was the difference in portraits done by Italian and Northern artists. They were likened to the schools of Aristotle and Plato. The Platonic way of portraits were more airbrushed and ideal. Many noticeable flaws were hidden or simply left out. The Italians were more likely to take a platonic route for portraiture. However the Northerners took a more Aristotelean approach, keeping many of the imperfections of the sitters and accentuating the very human aspects of those sitting for a portrait.