| | [[File:Michelangelo Creation of the Heavens 1508-12.jpg|thumb|Michelangelo, Creation of the Heavens, 1508-12, [[Sistine Chapel]].]] | | [[File:Michelangelo Creation of the Heavens 1508-12.jpg|thumb|Michelangelo, Creation of the Heavens, 1508-12, [[Sistine Chapel]].]] |
| − | '''Italian painting''' is one of the most important in world history. Works of [[art]] produced in this geographic region are brilliant. ''Italian art has engendered great public interest and involvement, resulting in the consistent production of monumental and spectacular works.'' [http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/Ital-art] Several of the greatest masterpieces have been made by Italian artists. | + | '''Italian painting''' is one of the most important in world history. Works of [[art]] produced in this geographic region are brilliant. ''Italian art has engendered great public interest and involvement, resulting in the consistent production of monumental and spectacular works.'' [http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/Ital-art] Several of the greatest [[Painting Masterpieces|masterpieces]] have been made by Italian artists. |
| | Main exponents of Italian painting are: [[Giotto di Bondone]], [[Duccio di Buoninsegna]], [[Fra Angelico]], [[Piero della Francesca]], [[Sandro Botticelli]], [[Pietro Perugino]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]], [[Vittore Carpaccio]], [[Michelangelo]], [[Tiziano Vicellio]], [[Raphael]], [[Tintoretto]], [[Paolo Veronese]], [[Annibale Carracci]], [[Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio]], [[Domenico Zampieri]], [[Carlino Dolci]], [[Antonio Canaletto]] and [[Amedeo Modigliani]]. | | Main exponents of Italian painting are: [[Giotto di Bondone]], [[Duccio di Buoninsegna]], [[Fra Angelico]], [[Piero della Francesca]], [[Sandro Botticelli]], [[Pietro Perugino]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]], [[Vittore Carpaccio]], [[Michelangelo]], [[Tiziano Vicellio]], [[Raphael]], [[Tintoretto]], [[Paolo Veronese]], [[Annibale Carracci]], [[Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio]], [[Domenico Zampieri]], [[Carlino Dolci]], [[Antonio Canaletto]] and [[Amedeo Modigliani]]. |