Catalonian National Art Museum - Table of Contents .................... Architecture Around the World
Catalonian
National Art Museum
Montjuïc Hill, Barcelona, Spain
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Renaissance Mannerist style "Mannerism, from the Italian word for style, was highly self-conscious and artificial, emphasizing the artist's virtuosity and stylishness. Its intellectual basis appealed to El Greco, who enjoyed the company of scholars and, himself, wrote treatises on art and architecture." - National Gallery of Art (Feb. 2011) |