What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Is sixteenth century counterpoint melody or modal based (as [this answer][1] suggests) and eighteenth century counterpoint harmony based? If so, what would be the difference?
I want to start studying counterpoint and want to know these basic facts to see where to look at.


  [1]: http://music.stackexchange.com/a/3750/2428