The Concept of High Renaissance Essay

For instance, his Battle of Anghiari is astonishingly naturalistic (Pic. 1). Michelangelo’s works are also very naturalistic. For instance, his David seems to be a living young man due to exclusive precision of the artist. Of course, only the development of science could be the appropriate background for such divine works of art.

The art of the twentieth century also revealed the changes in the contemporary society and responded to emerging scientific and philosophical thoughts and trends (Sayre 461). One of the great examples of the symbiosis of art and science is June Wayne’s lithography. This remarkable woman was the one to bring to life almost forgotten technique of lithography.

“The High Renaissance.” Art of the Western World. Dir. Geoff Dunlop. WNET/New York, 1989. DVD.