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    The Crucifixion. Religious conflicts dominated the 16th and 17th centuries. Religion was the main point of contention. There were many civil wars and conflicts between Catholics and Huguenots (French Protestants). This political and religious struggle spread to the art world (Cothren & Stokstad, 2011, p.679). Artists were required to work according to specific Church guidelines, one example being the color of the Virgin Mary's clothing. In the three paintings presented, religion changed the artist's perception. The first painting is called The Crucifixion. It was painted by Fra Angelico in 1420 and is in tempera on wood, with a gilded background. It is in the Maitland F. Griggs Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.1420. Tempera on wood, gold background, 25 1/8 x 19 in. (63.8 x 48.3 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fra Angelico was one of the greatest artists of the early Renaissance. He used classical artistic principles and rational postures. His faces had realistic expressions and there was harmony in proportions. He creates volume using light and shadows. Using linear perspective, Fra Angelico was able to bring more depth to the paintings by placing angels in the background in proportion to their distance from the foreground. This particular work, The Crucifixion, may very well be the only work of Fra Angelico that has his signature, as it were. The lettering on the horse's bridle has markings that resemble a signature (The Metropolitan, 2014). This work is filled with emotion and color. Fra Angelico was a specialist in emotional religious art. He used color to highlight the main subjects of the painting, lighter in the foreground...... middle of paper ......dle River, NJ: Pearson Learning Solutions.Museo Nacional. (2014). Online gallery El Greco The Crucifixion. At the Prado National Museum. Accessed January 21, 2014 from https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/the-crucifixion-1/.South University Online. (2013). HUM 1002: History of art from the Middle Ages to modern times: Week 1: Elements of design. Retrieved from myeclassonline.comThe Metropolitan. (2014). The Crucifixion Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) (Italian, Vicchio di Mugello ca. 1395-1455 Rome). At the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. Accessed January 21, 2014, from http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/437007.The National. (2014). Paintings The Crucifixion of the World. In THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Retrieved January 21, 2014 from http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/raphael-the-mond-crucifixion.