Renaissance

The Renaissance usually refers to a period in the history of Europe between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age extending from about 1400 to 1600 A.D. The Renaissance period is also sub-divided into interim periods.

Early Renaissance

The Early Renaissance period was prior to 1500 AD and centered around Florence, Italy.

The Northern Renaissance

The Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. 

Mannerism

The term comes from the Italian maniera, or "style," in the sense of an artist's characteristic "touch" or recognizable "manner." Mannerism is a useful designation for those aspects of the late Renaissance arts (1530-1580), whose proponents sought to create dramatic and dynamic effects by depicting figures with elongated forms and in exaggerated, out-of-balance poses in manipulated irrational space, lit with unrealistic lighting.

High Renaissance

The High Renaissance is a rather subjective art term denoting the culmination of the Italian Renaissance art between 1500 and 1525. The High Renaissance is widely viewed as the greatest explosion of creative genius in history. Even minor painters excelled during this period.

High Renaissance Artists:

   Andrea del Sarto
   Bacchiacca, Francesco Ubertini
   Bartolommeo, Fra
   Bassano, Jacopo
   Bellini, Giovanni
   Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio
   Bordone, Paris
   Brusasorci, Domenico
   Campi, Giulio
   Carpaccio, Vittore
   Catena, Vincenzo Di Biagio
   Costa, Lorenzo
   Cousin the Younger, Jean
   di Credi, Lorenzo
   Dossi, Dosso
   Francia, Francesco
   Franciabigio, Francesco Di Cristofano
   Garofalo
   Ghirlandaio, Ridolfo
   Giorgione
   Leonardo da Vinci
   Lotto, Lorenzo
   Luini, Bernardino
   Michelangelo Buonarroti
   Peruzzi, Baldassare
   Piero di Cosimo
   Pulzone, Scipione
   Raimondi, Marcantonio
   Raphael
   Sodoma
   Titian