High Renaissance

Examples of High Renaissance in the following topics:

• Painting in the High Renaissance

  • The term "High Renaissance" denotes a period of artistic production that is viewed by art historians as the height, or the culmination, of the Renaissance period.
  • Artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael are considered High Renaissance painters.
  • The factors that contributed to the development of High Renaissance painting were twofold.
  • If Rome was the center for the High Renaissance, its greatest patron was Pope Julius II.
  • The prime example of High Renaissance painting is The School of Athens by Raphael.

• The High Renaissance

  • The High Renaissance refers to a short period of exceptional artistic production in the Italian states.
  • High Renaissance art was the dominant style in Italy during the 16th century.
  • High Renaissance art is deemed as "High" because it is seen as the period in which the artistic aims and goals of the Renaissance reached their greatest application.
  • High Renaissance art is characterized by references to classical art and delicate application of developments from the Early Renaissance (such as on-point perspective).
  • Some historians regard Mannerism as a degeneration of High Renaissance classicism, or even as an interlude between High Renaissance and Baroque—in which case the dates are usually from c. 1520 to 1600 and it is considered a positive style complete in and of itself.

• Sculpture in the High Renaissance

  • Sculpture in the High Renaissance demonstrates the influence of classical antiquity and ideal naturalism.
  • Additionally, the themes and goals of High Renaissance sculpture are very much the same as High Renaissance painting.
  • Michelangelo (1475–1564) is the prime example of a sculptor during the Renaissance; his works best demonstrate the goals and ideals of the High Renaissance sculptor.
  • The work was ultimately placed in the Palazzo Vecchio and remains the prime example of High Renaissance sculpture.
  • This work by Michelangelo remains the prime example of High Renaissance sculpture.

• Architecture in the High Renaissance

  • Architecture during the High Renaissance represents a culmination of the architectural developments that were made during the Renaissance.
  • The Renaissance is divided into the Early Renaissance (c. 1400–1490) and the High Renaissance (c. 1490–1527).
  • A key figure in Roman architecture during the High Renaissance was Donato Bramante (1444–1514).
  • The Tempietto is considered by many scholars to be the premier example of High Renaissance architecture.
  • Describe the important architects of the High Renaissance and their achievements

• The Venetian Painters of the High Renaissance

  • Giorgione, Titian, and Veronese were the preeminent Venetian painters of the High Renaissance.
  • Giorgione, Titian, and Veronese were the preeminent painters of the Venetian High Renaissance.
  • Giorgio Barbarelli da Castlefranco, known as Giorgione (c. 1477–1510), is an artist who had considerable impact on the Venetian High Renaissance.
  • This work by Giorgione encapsulates all of the innovations he brought to painting during the Venetian High Renaissance and remains one of the most debated paintings of all time for its elusive subject matter.
  • Summarize the impact of the paintings of Giorgione, Titian, and Veronese on art of the Venetian High Renaissance

• The Italian Renaissance

  • The period known as the High Renaissance represents the culmination of the goals of the Early Renaissance, namely the realistic representation of figures in space rendered with credible motion and in an appropriately decorous style.
  • High Renaissance painting evolved into Mannerism in Florence.
  • Mannerist artists, who consciously rebelled against the principles of High Renaissance, tended to represent elongated figures in illogical spaces.
  • Modern scholarship has recognized the capacity of Mannerist art to convey strong, often religious, emotion where the High Renaissance failed to do so.
  • Raphael was one of the great artists of the High Renaissance.

• Mannerism

  • Mannerism came after the High Renaissance and before the Baroque.
  • Not every artist painting during this period is considered a Mannerist artist, however, and there is much debate among scholars over whether Mannerism should be considered a separate movement from the High Renaissance, or a stylistic phase of the High Renaissance.
  • Mannerism will be treated as a separate art movement here as there are many differences between the High Renaissance and the Mannerist styles.
  • First we must understand the ideals and goals of the Renaissance.
  • This work could not have been produced by a Renaissance artist.

• Renaissance Architecture in Rome

  • The style of Roman Renaissance architecture does not greatly differ from what may be observed in Florence Renaissance architecture.
  • Donato Bramante (1444—1514) was a key figure in Roman architecture during the High Renaissance. 
  • The Tempietto is considered by many scholars to be the premier example of High Renaissance architecture.
  • Another primary example of Renaissance Roman architecture includes the Palazzo Farnese, one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome.
  • Designed by Donato Bramante, the Tempietto is considered the premier example of High Renaissance architecture.

• Renaissance Architecture

  • During the High Renaissance, architectural concepts derived from classical antiquity were developed and used with greater surety.
  • Renaissance architecture is European architecture between the early 15th and early 17th centuries.
  • During the High Renaissance, architectural concepts derived from classical antiquity were developed and used with greater surety.
  • Renaissance façades are symmetrical around their vertical axis.
  • In the Mannerist period, the "Palladian" arch was employed, using a motif of a high semicircular topped opening flanked with two lower square-topped openings.

• The Northern Renaissance

  • The Northern Renaissance describes the Renaissance in northern Europe.
  • This influenced the Renaissance periods in Germany, France, England, the Netherlands, and Poland.
  • In some areas, the Northern Renaissance was distinct from the Italian Renaissance in its centralization of political power.
  • The High Renaissance art of Michelangelo and Raphael and the stylistic tendencies of Mannerism had a significant impact on their work.
  • As Renaissance art styles moved through northern Europe, they were adapted to local customs.