The Harvesters, an oil painting by Pieter Bruegel, is a prominent piece of art that is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the piece, Bruegel utilizes techniques of prior Renaissance artist Raphael such as circumscription, composition, and vanishing points to convey an image with multiple levels of depth. ... While both artists use this technique of narrating a story of great significance through art, Raphael's art is more spiritual and pushes a religious agenda while Bruegel's The Harvesters is more of a passive historia in a social context. ... These are a...

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Deceptions from The Bible and other religious folklore was put into works of art during both the medieval and Renascence eras of Europe. ... Tempera was a popular medium for religious art in the 14th century. ... The use of oil medium may have risen in popularity because of the growing use of natural Humanism in late medieval art. ... This use of classic Christian Biblical enactments, tied into the modern Belgium home (modern in the 15th century) and cityscape is a great representation of true Renaissance art – tying the old in with the new. ... This technique allowed for a vaster depth,...

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