It was not permitted to paint nudes during this period; moreover the clothed figures were done with blatant ignorance to anatomy. Art during this period was used as an aid to the church; therefore whatever was boorish or sacrilegious was destroyed. ... Directly following this period is an interval that concluded the inspired majesty known as The Renaissance, this period is called The Late Renaissance. From approximately 1520 to the end of the sixteenth century the style associated with The Renaissance spread again, to the north this time, and with its growth came an evolution to the style of t...

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