The Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther (1483-1546), 95 Theses 1517
Sack of Rome, 1527
The Counter Reformation
Council of Trent, 1545-1563
The Inquisition

Jacopo da Pontormo (1494-1557)
    The Entombment, 1525-28, oil/panel, Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence
    The Visitation, 1528-30, oil, San Michele at Carmignano

Francesco Mazzola (Parmigianino) (1503-40)
    Self Portrait, 1524, oil
    Madonna With the Long Neck, 1535, oil

Agnolo Tori (Bronzino) (1503-1572)
    Venus, Cupid, Folly, and time, c. 1545, oil/wood
    Eleanor of Toledo and Her Son, Don Giovanni, 1545-46, oil/wood

Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)
    Self Portrait, 1561, oil

Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614)
    Portrait of a Nobel Woman, c. 1580, oil

Giovanni Da Bologna (1529-1608
    Mercury, c. 1576, bronze
    Rape of the Sabine Women, 1583, marble
 
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
    Saltcellar of Francis, I, completed 1543, gold and enamel

Giulio Romano (ca. 1492-1546)
    Palazzo del Te, Mantua, 1525-1535

Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594)
    Last Supper, 1592-1594, oil/canvas

Domenikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco) (1541-1614)
    Resurrection of Christ, c. 1597-1610, oil/canvas