March 23
The High Renaissance

Raphael.  School of Athens.  c. 1510 - 1511.
http://www.americanthinker.com/School%20of%20Athens.jpg

Raphael.  Stagna della Signatura.

Raphael.  Madonna of the Meadow.  1505 or 1506.
http://www.geocities.com/francischinchoy/raphaelmadonna/MadonnaOfTheMeadow.jpg

Leonardo da Vinci.   Self portrait from notebook.
http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/0/N/e/LeonardoSelfPortrait.jpg

Leonardo da Vinci.  The Last Supper.  1495 - 1498.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/jays_boomin/da-vinci-last-supper-restored.jpg

The Last Supper virtual tour

Leonardo da Vinci. Mona Lisa.  c. 1503.
http://www.visitingdc.com/images/mona-lisa-painting.jpg

Monaleo?

sfumato = Italian for "gone up in smoke."  In painting, the effect of haze in an image that resembles the color of the atmosphere at dusk or a smoky quality to the air.

http://www.jabulela.com/files/fpimage/mona-lisa.jpg

Michelangelo.  Pieta.  c. 1500.
http://panathinaeos.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/michelangelos_pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg

Michelangelo.  David.  1501 - 1504.

Michelangelo. Sistine Chapel ceiling.  1508 - 1512.

Michelangelo. Sistine Chapel ceiling.  1508 - 1512.

Creation of Adam
http://www.adliterate.com/archives/CreationofAdam.jpg