Select a Mannerist painting, compare and contrast it with a High Renaissance artwork .
Answer the following questions in essay form:
- Discuss the stylistic similarities and differences between the two artworks.
a. How has each artist used, light, line, color, scale, and composition?
b. From where did they draw their stylistic inspiration?
c. Did the Mannerist artist you chose to write about "manner" the style of the High Renaissance artist you are comparing them with?
- What role does cultural context play in the differences between these two artworks?
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