Write an Essay (3 pages) about the topic below. This essay should be written in Times New Roman, 12 pt. Font, double spaced. You must reference at least two works of art in support of your discussion. I uploaded 3 pdfs. Please read it and use it to write this essay. You can do your own research as well but please don’t cite it and make sure you use information from the pdf that I uploaded. If you use a direct quote taken from an assigned reading to support your argument, please cite that source using a parenthetical: (Graham, 216).

General Guidelines:

• Be precise. Address ALL aspects of prompts provided.
• Do not cut and paste “filler” information.
• Incorporate readings and concepts.
• Refer to images by title and artist and provide dates.
• Make use of Art Historical terminology, i.e., iconography, contrapposto, etc.

This is the topic of the essay:

Discuss the rise of portraiture in Northern Renaissance Europe. How may the rising popularity of the autonomous portrait be understood as reflecting contemporaneous social and religious developments? Please cite at least two (fully identified) images in support of your response.