1. Plato’s Ion, “All good [artists] …are inspired and possessed …by power divine.” High Renaissance 1495-1520

2. High Renaissance: 1495-1520 (death of da Vinci, 1519; Raphael,1520) Characterized by: perspective, anatomy, classical, harmony, balance, monumentality, color, controlled cohesive design , realistic details. Encouraged the “artist-genius” Visual Art equaled the value of poetry in Neo Platonism Artists began a profession of: rights of expression revered characters accrued prestige increased gain financially and innovatively Foremost artistic centers were Florence and Rome Foremost artists were Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo

3. Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Aspired to discern the “…the process and flux of nature.”

4. Andrea Del Verrocchio and Leonardo, Baptism of Christ, 1488, Florence, Italy

6. Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, c. 1495-1498, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

8. Leonard da Vinci Madonna of the Rocks. 1482-1486, Milan, Oil on wood “A good painter has two chief objects to paint-man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard…” Leonardo

9. Leonardo da Vinci, cartoon for Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and the infant Saint John, c. 1505-1507

11. Leonard da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503-1506, oil on wood panel,