The High Renaissance

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The High Renaissance

• The essential feature of High Renaissance art was
  its unity. Paintings invoked increasing dramatic
  force with the human forms becoming so life-like,
  they almost seemed to be breathing. Three artists
  whose work dominated this period were
  Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci.

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The High Renaissance Michelangelo as Sculptor

• Michelangelo (c. 1501-1504) preferred the chisel
  to the paint brush and he has left us with such
  astounding sculptures as David and the Pieta.

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The High Renaissance Michelangelo as Painter

• Through the insistence of Pope Julian II,
  however, Michelangelo set the chisel aside for a
  time and conceived the world's greatest single
  fresco in the walls and ceiling of the Sistine
  Chapel.

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