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The High Renaissance, in the history of art, denotes the culmination of the art of the Italian Renaissance between 1450 and 1527. Because Pope Julius II patronized many artists during this time, the movement was centered in Rome; it had previously been centered in Florence. High Renaissance painting is generally held to have emerged in the late 1490s, when Leonardo da Vinci executed his Last Supper in Milan. The paintings in the Vatican by Michelangelo and Raphael represent the culmination of... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by faye Aug 16, 2008

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