Michael's Outline

I. Introductory Paragraphs - To set the tone of the research, prepare the reader with a context, give them guiding language.
A. Introduction of Portraiture, definition and explanation of what it's contemporary significance is.
B. Thesis
1. Our point of view, what goals we are seeking, and how we will achieve them within this body of research.
II. Body Paragraphs - Seeking answers through extensive research, building an understanding of portraiture and it's significance through time. Proving our thesis through explanation.
C. - I. Pre-Historic thru Gothic
J. Early Northern Renaissance
1. Netherlandish painters, the van Eyck family
K. Early Southern/Italian Renaissance
1. Giotto, Massacio, Mantegna (the introduction of perspective, setting, the divergence from idealized religious portrait)
2. Humanism and rebirth of verisim, and subsequently portraiture
L. Northern Renaissance
1. Dürer, Holbein, influence of the south and it's mix with Gothic elements
M. High/Late Renaissance
1. Bellini as the defining portrait artist, religious content and ideals still prevalent in 2D imagery, verisitic sculpture definitive
N. Northern Baroque
1. Dutch Golden Age - Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Johannes Vermeer - upper class/domestic portraiture
2. Flemish Baroque - Anthony van Dyck and Rubens (who didn't do much portraiture)
O. Spanish Baroque.
1. Diego Velásquez and court painting
P. Italian/Southern Baroque
1. Caravaggio, chiaroscuro, and the self portrait as ideal
R. Neoclassicism
1. Jacque Louis David and Napoleon
Q. Romanticism
1. The lack of portraiture
R. Ingres
1. Simultaneously Neoclassical, Romanticist, Orientalist, and Baroque. He's sort of cray cray.
S. American Realism
1. Gilbert Stuart and the president's portraits
T. Realismé, Japonismé, and the American Painter in Europe
1. Manet, Sargent, Whistler
U. Pre- Raphaelite, Symbolist, Art Nouveau and Others
1. Millais, Mucha, Klimt, etc.