High Renaissance - 15th & 16th Century Italy

Video four is about the High Renaissance which started in the late 15th and the early 16th century in Italy. In the first part of the video it shows the period when western art reached its climax and gave some wonderful pieces of art. It is widely viewed as the greatest explosion of creativity genius in history. It sculpture was specially made by the public, which is becoming expensive form of art. These sculptures were often used to decorate architecture where other were able to study and admire their work of art. The Pantheon, a monument of ancient Rome is known as temple of gods. Raphael was one of the greatest artists at that time, who was buried at the Pantheon. He died at the age of 37, but he has left some of his best work of art in his little lifetime. His last painting was Transfiguration which represented the culmination of the style in painting. It had great balance of symmetry, perfect use of colors which became more brilliant that expresses emotions, and sweetness in the subjects of his paintings. He was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. He was one of the great artists during the period of High Renaissance. He was said to be a man before his time. His story is a catalog of unprecedented achievements and incomplete and abandoned projects. And some of his actual works survives in parts, though they seem to fade even further as time passes. The artists now cannot reconstruct his work because they would not know Leonardo’s intentions how the work should look. One of his famous paintings, the Last Supper which shows a figure of Christ stays calm at the center with effortless work of balance and harmony. It seems that while he was painting that image, he was trying to develop a new method for wall painting but it turned out in a negative way since it began to decay as soon as it was finished.

In contrast, Michelangelo, who was known as the man of his time. Two of his best-known works are the “David” and the “Pieta.” David is a statue of a biblical for an