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High Renaissance Art 

What was high  renaissance art?

High Renaissance Art was almost like a refinement of all the new innovative techniques utilized during the Early Renaissance period.  There was extensive innovation and development in painting, architecture, and sculpture during this period, from new painting media like oils to new techniques in perspective.

CHARACTERISTICS

The High Renaissance art characteristics include a diverse range of new methods that ultimately created seemingly hyper-naturalistic subject matter. 

Leonardo da Vinci  (1452 – 1519)

Michelangelo (1475 – 1564)

Raphael (1483 – 1520)

THE END OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE

The sack of Rome is said to have ended the High Renaissance, which occurred in 1527. Prior to this, the deaths of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael also dulled the artistic luster that lit up the High Italian Renaissance.

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