Write an essay to 500 - 1000 words and respond to each aspect of the question.
1. During the 17th and early 18th centuries art and architecture were often employed to support those people and organizations that held power in Europe. Employing three examples from art and architecture explain how each work expressed the power of the patron. You must include at least one painting and one work of architecture or sculpture among your three examples.
2. Discuss the effects of the end Protestant Reformation in western Europe. Citing three different works of explain how these works of art express the profound changes in Europe during this period. Be sure to include on example of work from a Protestant country and another from a Catholic country among your three examples.
3. In this course we have explored three different painting media: egg tempera, buon fresco, and oil on panel or canvas. In your essay discuss the material fro each media, the possibilities and limitations they offer the painter, using one painting in each medium discuss how the material affected the choices of the artist in terms of style and content.