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Jacopo da Pontormo: Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?)
The story behind Madonna with the Long Neck
Parmigianino: Madonna with the Long Neck Michelangelo: Last Judgment Rosso Fiorentino: Deposition from the Cross Britannica's Guide to Art Movements Hendrik Goltzius: Hercules Killing Cacus Giambologna: Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessus Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
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The story behind Madonna with the Long Neck
With a name like Madonna with the Long Neck, it's no surprise that this...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Jacopo da Pontormo: Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?)
Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?), oil on canvas by Jacopo da...
J. Paul Getty Museum (object no. 89.PA.49); digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
Parmigianino: Madonna with the Long Neck
Madonna with the Long Neck, oil on wood by Parmigianino, c. 1534–40; in...
Thekla Clark—Summerfield Press/Corbis/Getty Images
Michelangelo: Last Judgment
Last Judgment, fresco by Michelangelo, 1536–41; on the west wall of the...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Rosso Fiorentino: Deposition from the Cross
Deposition from the Cross, painting by Rosso Fiorentino, 1521; in the Pinacoteca...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Hendrik Goltzius: Hercules Killing Cacus
Hercules Killing Cacus, woodcut by Hendrik Goltzius, 1588; in the British...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
Giambologna: Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessus
Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessus, marble sculpture by Giambologna, 1595–1600;...
© Danilo Ascione/Shutterstock.com
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Rome, by Baldassarre Peruzzi, c. 1535.
Alinari/Art Resource, New York

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Britannica's Guide to Art Movements
From Abstract Expressionism to the Yuan Dynasty
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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