Italian High Renaissance Art

The course studies the High Renaissance, of brief duration (1500-1520), but whose artists, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael, attained a level of creative accomplishment that served as a model for years to come. We explore the development of style, artistic rivalry, relationships between patrons and artists, the creation of Renaissance Rome, and competing artistic developments in Venice. This year, we focus especially on Leonardo in celebration of the 500th anniversary of his death. We also trace the development of art after Raphael's death in 1520, to understand how artists reacted to the challenge of the High Renaissance.