Directions:
First watch these videos and read these texts:
Gold Ground Painting Technique (Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation)
Simoni Martini, The Annunciation (Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation)
Fra Angelico, The Annunciation (Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation)
Use the comparison images and compose a short essay comparing Martini’s and Angelico’s Annunciation scenes, based upon these four questions:
What does the subject of The Annunciation depict?
How are space and environment depicted differently?
In what way does Fra Angelico incorporate a reference to classicism in his piece?
Which depiction of The Annunication do you prefer, and why?
NOTE TO WRITER: THERE ISN’T EXACT WORD COUNT, BUT JUST BC THERE ISN’T EXACT WORD TO BE EXACT, THAT DOESN’T MEAN THE INITIAL DISCUSSION POST SHOULD BE LACKLUSTER. IT SHOULD FOLLOW THE EXACT INSTRUCTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT.