Art in Focus

Chapter 18: Art of Sixteenth-Century Europe

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Venice and the North in the 1500s
Take a tour of Venetian and Northern European art in the 1500s at the National Gallery of Art site. Design your own installation for the artworks on this Web site. Would you use the same groupings as the museum (based on time and place)? What are some other ways you could organize and display the collection?
( http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg22/gg22-main1.html )
Mannerism
This site provides an overview of Mannerism with links to Mannerist artworks in galleries around the world. Why did High Renaissance art evolve into Mannerism? Which style of art do you prefer? Why?
( http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/m/mannerism.html )
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