High Renaissance Visual Arts

A new evaluation of man's relationship to God:

Michelangelo  -  The Creation of Adam  -  c. 1512

A revival of classical values including poise, confidence, calmness, intelligence, civic leadership:

Michelangelo  -  David  -  1501 - 1504

Albrecht Dürer  -  Self Portrait -  1500

A new focus on naturalism:

Albrecht Dürer  -  Young Hare -  1502

A new focus on human sensuality:

Sandro Botticelli  -  Primavera -  c. 1482

Tribute to the ancient Greek philosophers:

Raphael  -  The School of Athens  -  1509 - 1511