1. The High Renaissance

2. 1490 – 1530
Italian art reached its peak
Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael
Reconciled Christian theology with Greek philosophy and science

3. Leonardo da Vinci
Art and science are two means to the same end: knowledge
Journals of notes and drawings
Camera obscura

4. MONA LISA Faint smile Landscape Hazy light quality; sfumato Glazes
Portrait – unknown to the medieval period

5. MONA LISA. Leonardo da Vinci. 1503 – 1506.

6. The Last Supper Renaissance humanism Accessible, earthly setting
Linear perspective
Greatest implied depth; infinity
Christ is the stable trinagle

7. THE LAST SUPPER. Leonardo da Vince. 1495 – 1498.

8. Michelangelo Buonarroti
David as a hero, defender of a just cause
The Sistine Chapel
Divided into 3 zones
Nine scenes from Genesis
Prophets
Figures (Christ’s biblical ancestors)
The Last Judgment on end wall

9. Expresses Renaissance humanist concept of god
Idealized
Rational man
Actively tends to creation
Interest in humans

10. CREATION OF ADAM. Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Bounarroti. 1508 – 1512.

12. Raphael Sanzio Innovated in most types of painting
THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS
Composition organized into symmetrical subgroups
Revolved around Plato and Aristotle
Elevates human reason

13. THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS. RAPHAEL. 1508.