Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Ghibertis Doors at Florence. Holy Family by Andrea del Sarto Books and Science in the Middle Ages 265 During the sixteenth century the art of the Renaissance Height ofreached its highest development. Among all the great artists of ^^^^^^^^^this period three stand out in heroic proportions—Leonardo da B?yiVinci, Michael Angelo, and Raphael. The first two not only Angeio,practiced, but achieved distinction in, the three arts of archi-tecture, sculpture, and
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Ghibertis Doors at Florence. Holy Family by Andrea del Sarto Books and Science in the Middle Ages 265 During the sixteenth century the art of the Renaissance Height ofreached its highest development. Among all the great artists of ^^^^^^^^^this period three stand out in heroic proportions—Leonardo da B?yiVinci, Michael Angelo, and Raphael. The first two not only Angeio,practiced, but achieved distinction in, the three arts of archi-tecture, sculpture, and painting.^ It is impossible to give in afew lines any idea of the beauty and significance of the work ofthese great geniuses. Both Raphael and Michael Angelo leftbehind them so many and such magnificent frescoes and paint-ings, and in the case of Michael Angelo statues as well, that itis easy to appreciate their importance. Leonardo, on the otherhand, left but little completed work. His influence on the artof his time, which was probably greater than that of either ofthe others, came from his many-sidedness, his originality, andhis unflagging interest in the d
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