Period 19 ยท c. 1490-1527

High Renaissance

For about thirty years Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael worked at the same time and made pictures that later artists treated as the standard. These guides cover their best-known works, where to find them, and the Venice of Titian and Tintoretto.

Raphael, The School of Athens, detail of Plato and Aristotle, 1509-1511
Raphael, The School of Athens, detail of Plato and Aristotle, 1509-1511. Fresco. Vatican City, Apostolic Palace, Stanza della Segnatura. Plato points up, Aristotle holds his hand flat towards the earth: two philosophies in two gestures.Photo: Raphael Sanzio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons