Class Discussion- Symbolism in Renaissance Art

What is Symbolism?

http://www.historyofpainters.com/symbol.htm

http://philosopheress.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/symbolism-in-renaissance-art-2/

Click HERE for a list of Renaissance symbols and their meanings

When was the Renaissance art movement?

1300AD - 1500AD

The word "renaissance" means rebirth in Italian. Often it was considered to move away from religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society.

Jan van Eyck

"Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Jan Van Eyck"

http://www.wga.hu/html_m/e/eyck_van/jan/15arnolf/