What Is A National Artist?

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In fact , a recent study by the UNESCO showed that more than 40 percent of all the world art can be traced back to Italy either directly or indirectly . A few examples of the most popular Italian national artists who are still famous to date include Brunelleschi , Donatello , Michelangelo , Leonardo da Vinci , and Palladio . Leading sculptors in Italy from the 1930s to 2000 included Marino , Greco , Ceroli , Pomodoro , Mastroianni and Colla while leading national painters during the same period included...