high renaissance

1. 1.

   the artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery and heroic composition and humanistic content

   Broaderartistic style

   Part ofRenaissance

Questions about high renaissance

What does high renaissance mean?

high renaissance means "the artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery and heroic composition and humanistic content".

Is high renaissance a common word?

high renaissance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.