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___MASK22___ ( Latin " architectura ", from the Greek  " arkhitekton " " ___MASK27___ ", from  - " chief " and  " ___MASK75___ ") is both the process and the product of planning , designing , and constructing buildings and other physical structures . Architectural works , in the material form of buildings , are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art . Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements . Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , Italy shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in Italy as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU ___MASK16___ state . History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than artistic style . History paintings usually depict a moment in a narrative story , rather than a specific and static subject , as in a portrait . The term is derived from the wider senses of the word " historia " in Latin and Italian , meaning " story " or " narrative ", and essentially means " story painting ". Most history paintings are not of scenes from history , especially paintings from before about 1850 . In modern English , historical painting is sometimes used to describe the painting of scenes from history in its narrower sense , especially for 19th - century art , excluding ___MASK80___ , mythological and allegorical subjects , which are included in the broader term history painting , and before the 19th century were the most common subjects for history paintings . The Feast in the House of Levi or Christ in the House of Levi is a 1573 painting by Italian ___MASK35___ Paolo Veronese and one of the largest canvases of the 16th century , measuring . It is now in the Gallerie dell ' Accademia in Venice . It was painted by Veronese for the rear wall of the refectory of the Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo , a Dominican friary , as a " Last Supper ", to replace an earlier work by Titian destroyed in the fire of 1571 . Cinquecento (' five hundred '; short for " millecinquecento " ' 1500 ') was the Italian Renaissance of the 16th century , including the current styles of art , music , literature , and ___MASK22___ . Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio ( 1488 / 1490  27 August 1576 ), known in English as Titian , was an Italian ___MASK35___ , the most important member of the 16th - century Venetian school . He was born in Pieve di Cadore , near Belluno ( in Veneto , Republic of Venice ). During his lifetime he was often called " da Cadore ", taken from the place of his birth . Paolo Caliari , known as Paolo Veronese ( 1528  1588 ), was an Italian Renaissance ___MASK35___ , based in Venice , known for large - format history paintings of religion and mythology , such as " The Wedding at Cana "( 1563 ) and " The Feast in the House of Levi " ( 1573 ). Included with Titian , a generation older , and Tintoretto , a decade senior , Veronese is one of the  great trio that dominated Venetian painting of the " cinquecento " and the Late Renaissance in the 16th century . Known as a supreme colorist , and after an early period with Mannerism , Paolo Veronese developed a naturalist style of painting , influenced by Titian . Alessandro della Via was an Italian engraver . He resided at Venice c . 1730 . He engraved several portraits and a plate , representing the Virgin and Infant Christ , with St . Sebastian and other Saints after Paolo Veronese . Venice (; ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region . It is situated across a group of 117 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges . These are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon , an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers . Parts of Venice are renowned for the beauty of their settings , their ___MASK22___ , and artwork . The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a World Heritage Site . Tintoretto ( born Jacopo Comin , late September or early October , 1518  May 31 , 1594 ) was an Italian ___MASK35___ and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school . For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso . His work is characterized by its muscular figures , dramatic gestures , and bold use of perspective in the Mannerist style , while maintaining color and light typical of the Venetian School .