High Renaissance
Leonardo's artistic era
The High Renaissance is the period of Italian art from roughly 1490 to 1527, when Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael produced their most celebrated works.
The term marks a peak of technical mastery and classical ideals before the disruption of Rome's sack in 1527.
It remains the touchstone for Western artistic achievement: a High Renaissance masterpiece.
Florentine sculptor and painter
- LeonardoItalian masculine name
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
- TitianFamed Venetian Renaissance artist
- BotticelliQuattrocento painter from Florence
Vatican worship hall
- Last SupperFarewell Passover gathering
- School of AthensRenaissance fresco depicting philosophers
- DavidMasculine Hebrew name
- PietàMary mourning her son
Mona Lisa · Creation of Adam · Transfiguration · St. Peter's Basilica · Last Judgment
Wet plaster painting technique
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- altarpieceReligious art behind altar
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
- temperaEgg-yolk painting method
mural · tondo · portrait · Madonna · Pietà · anatomy · idealism · drapery
Depth through converging lines
- aerial perspectiveDepth cue from atmosphere
- foreshorteningDepicting depth through size
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- proportionComparative relation of parts
golden ratio · geometry · symmetry · balance · harmony · modeling · trompe-l'oeil · underpainting
Tuscan capital city
- RomeItaly's capital city
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
- MilanLombardy's capital city
- Vatican CityIndependent papal microstate
Florentine banking dynasty
- VaticanPapal city-state
- papacyPope's office and authority
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
workshop · apprentice · court · banker · cardinal · collector · bottega
Greco-Roman historical period
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- NeoplatonismPlotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
- ideal beautyPerfect aesthetic standard
human dignity · naturalism · individualism · secularism · rationalism · liberal arts · Greek · Latin
Michelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter
Sistine Chapel
Vatican worship hall
- Last SupperFarewell Passover gathering
- School of AthensRenaissance fresco depicting philosophers
- DavidMasculine Hebrew name
Pietà · Mona Lisa · Creation of Adam · Transfiguration · St. Peter's Basilica · Last Judgment
fresco
Wet plaster painting technique
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- altarpieceReligious art behind altar
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
tempera · mural · tondo · portrait · Madonna · Pietà · anatomy · idealism · drapery · composition
linear perspective
Depth through converging lines
- aerial perspectiveDepth cue from atmosphere
- foreshorteningDepicting depth through size
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
proportion · golden ratio · geometry · symmetry · balance · harmony · modeling · trompe-l'oeil · underpainting
Florence
Tuscan capital city
Medici
Florentine banking dynasty
- VaticanPapal city-state
- papacyPope's office and authority
- commissionPayment for services rendered
guild · workshop · apprentice · court · banker · cardinal · collector · bottega
classical antiquity
Greco-Roman historical period
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- NeoplatonismPlotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
ideal beauty · human dignity · naturalism · individualism · secularism · rationalism · liberal arts · Greek · Latin · manuscripts
High RenaissanceDark Ages
Post-Roman European decline
Baroque · Romanesque · Byzantine art · Mannerism · Rococo
High Renaissanceprimitive art
Work lacking formal training
outsider art · folk art · naive art · anti-art · Dadaism