| Venice played an important role in the rise of | | | | those who produced the best paintings from the |
| Renaissance art in Italy, which later spread to the | | | | Venice schools of painting. Indeed, Venice's |
| rest of Europe and ultimately the rise of Western | | | | strength led to the stretching of its control |
| art as we know it. Venice produced some key | | | | overseas including parts of the Adriatic coast to |
| Italian Renaissance artists such as Bellini, Giorgione, | | | | expand on the Veneto empire. |
| Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese. Venetian paintings | | | | Venice joins Florence as key elements of the rise |
| were culturally bold and ambitious for the time, | | | | of Renaissance painting and takes it's place in the |
| and renaissance art in Venice was encouraged. | | | | history of art as a big player. Whilst Italian |
| In contrast, Venice had fairly conservative political | | | | contemporary art finds it's place, most key Italian |
| rule and its architecture also was not as | | | | cities are still remembered most for their |
| innovative as it's oil paintings. Much of the | | | | contribution to this era of art. Whilst Venice was |
| Venetian buildings of the Renaissance period used | | | | second to Florence in creating Renaissance art, it |
| architects from nearby regions of Italy rather | | | | has over the years added plenty of styles from |
| than the province itself. | | | | the era into it's architecture and paintings |
| Venice was aided by its stable rule which allowed | | | | collections to be able to call itself a true |
| the economy to grow, and from this the art had | | | | Renaissance city in it's own right. |
| fallow grounds and plenty of commissions awaiting | | | | |