Offering an overview of 16th-century Italian painting, this work re-evaluates the paintings of Raphael, Michelangelo, Pontormo, Rosso, Bronzino, the Caracci and... » 

Offering an overview of 16th-century Italian painting, this work re-evaluates the paintings of Raphael, Michelangelo, Pontormo, Rosso, Bronzino, the Caracci and their followers, in the light of recent research. Marcia Hall offers an interpretation for the stylistic shifts that occurred after 1520. «