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The High Renaissance
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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.
The High Renaissance:
Michelangelo as Sculptor
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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.
The High Renaissance:
Michelangelo as Painter
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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.