Visual Sources by https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr Renaissance, Reformation and Revolution en-us 2018-02-21 21:05:02 UTC 2018-02-22 10:58:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Rijksmuseum michelle_crowther11 https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/233997569 Michelle and Her best friend

Style: Renaissance

Item:  Weepers of the tomb of Isabella

How was the item produced?
Made in Bronze in Brussels by Jan Borman and Renier van Thienen. Bronzes were cast by the lost-wax method.

What do they reveal about the socio-political culture of the time?

The bronzes symbolise the importance of the Burgundian dynasty and reveal the funerary material culture of the period

]]> 2018-02-21 21:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/233997569 Victoria & Albert Collections https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234143947 Kaitlyn 

Item: Photograph of  a woman accused of witch-craft. 1911

How was the item produced:
Photographed and developed

What does this reveal about the socio- political culture of the time. 
Even in the early 20th Century people were still concerned with witch-craft. ]]> 2018-02-22 10:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234143947 Rijksmuseum https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234144348 Rose and Emily

Style: Renaissance

Item: 'Salome with the head of John the Baptist' Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen 1524

How was the item produced?:
Oil on panel painting.

What does it reveal about the socio-political culture of the time?:
The religious piety of the age.

]]> 2018-02-22 10:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234144348 Victoria & Albert Collections: https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234144496 Brandon 
Item: Pair of Flintlock Pistols 
how was the items produced:
These were made by La Roche and Jean Baptiste with materials that include  Carved walnut, blued steel, chased gold and silver, silver inlay. this was made for Louis XV king of France (1715-74) The pistols were also inscribed with  Cypher and coat of arms for Louis XV  
what does it Reveal about the socio-political culture of of the time?:
What this reveals is that even know guns and pistols are beginning to to come into age and being made elite and well designed for the higher status of people due to such items such as gold inlays and markings on then pistols. They also became a symbol for power and were often as these pistols were sometimes designed with out the intention of being used.]]> 2018-02-22 10:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234144496 Rijksmuseum https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234145027 Michael

Style: Baroque

Item:  'Mars', by Francis van Bossuit, c. 1680-92 

How was the item produced?
Ivory sculpt.

What does it reveal about the socio-political culture of the time?
This art reveals that the Renaissance in Europe heavily glorified the classical mythologies of Greece and Imperial Rome. It also indicates the pioneering of extravagant new artistic movements, such as the sculpt's Baroque use of a contorted pose and shading to create an almost-theatrical contrast between light and darkness.
]]> 2018-02-22 10:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234145027 Rijksmuseum https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234146642 Alex

Style: Renaissance

Item:

Pompeius Occo, Dirck Jacobsz, c. 1531 

How was the item produced?
 oil on panel.

What does it reveal about the socio-political culture of the time?
Occo is presented in fine clothes to portray his wealth. The skull he is holding represents 'the transcience of earthly existence,' a way of thinking that began to emerge during this period.

]]> 2018-02-22 10:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234146642 Victoria and Albert Collections: https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234148441 Adam and Eve; a renaissance engraving created by the 15th-16th century German artist Albrecht Durer. 
The engraving represents the strong religious presence felt in the early stages of the renaissance and shows what is essentially humanities first sin. ]]> 2018-02-22 10:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michelle_crowther11/2n9d0c1dpgxr/wish/234148441