Architecture in Italy (1 of 5)
The history of Italian art is in many ways also the history of Western art. A browse through any text on the subject brings up the names of seminal movements and periods including classical, Renaissance, mannerist, baroque, futurist and Metaphysical - all of which were forged in Italy by a pantheon of artists including Giotto, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, Botticelli and Caravaggio. The country itself is one huge art gallery, full of museums and churches housing a treasure trove of art that is unmatched anywhere in the world.
