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This painting from the Northern Renaissance is unique to the Italian Renaisssance in that it portays ordinary people in their ordinary lives. Many of the paintings by this artist depict peasants and food it some way, reminding us how important food…

The artist made this sketch of a rhinoceros based on descriptions travelers gave. The artist himself had never seen one. This sketch represents the contact Europeans had with other lands from writings and the facinations that they had with it.

This painting depicts French ambassadors at the court of Henry VIII of England. The globe in the back demonstrates the emphasis on worldliness that was coming about in the early 16th century.

This painting depicts French ambassadors at the court of Henry VIII of England. The globe in the back demonstrates the emphasis on worldliness that was coming about in the early 16th century.