• Examine 'Counter-Reformation' issues in the depiction of Christ and other religious imagery.  (See inset on page 596).
• What were the social, religious, and design issues in the building of 'new' St. Peter's?  Consider the artists/architects involved, such as Bramante and Michelangelo as well as others later (see pages 599-600).
• Explore the 'role of color' in Venetian art, why and how this is different from other art in the Renaissance (see pages 604-606).
• Consider the history and role of women as artists and as patrons during the Renaissance.  (See the inset on page 611).
• What are the elements of Mannerist painting and how are these displayed in the art?  (See pages 612-619).  

• See Virgin of the Rocks (page 580) and the Mona Lisa (page 583) both by Leonardo da Vinci.  Explain how Leonardo da Vinci used subtle atmospheric perspective and sfumato to the fullest advantage in these paintings.
• Examine The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (see page 582).  Explain why Leonardo's Last Supper is so different from earlier versions and why the work has become "the rhetoric of classical art the directed the composition of generations of artists."
• Madonna of the Meadows by Raphael (see page 584).  What pictorial devices does Raphael use to "unify Christian devotion and pagan beauty?"
• Philosophy (School of Athens) by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) is one of the four images of the Stanza della Segnatura that "sums up Western learning as Renaissance society understood it."  (See page 585).
• Michelangelo's David (see page 590).  How does David embody Michelangelo's belief that "measure and proportion should be kept in the eyes" and his insistence of the artist's own authority?
• Creation of Adam, detail from the ceiling painting of the Sistine Chapel, by Michelanglo Buonarotti (see detail on page 594, plus the complete ceiling painting on pages 578).  Explore Michelangelo's ideas of the presentation of the human figure.
• Tempietto, designed by Donato D'Angelo Bramante (see page 598.  Why is the small Tempietto so important to the architecture of the Renaissance?
• The Villa Rotonda by architect Andrea Palladio (see page 602) and San Giorgio Maggiori (see page 603) by Palladio.  How do both structures exemplify 'classical architectureal theory' and 'rational organization' in High Renaissance architecture? 
• Venus of Urbino by Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (see page 610).  In addition to color, space, and placement of forms, how does Titian's Venus inspire generations of painters? 
• Identify 'Mannerist elements' by comparing the painting Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time by Bronzino (see page 613) with the sculpture Abduction of the Sabine Women by Giovanni da Bologna (see page 619).

    a)  Tour seven Palladian Villas!  With music!!
    b)  Learn about the Vitruvian Man!
    c)  Explore the paintings of the Sistine Chapel ceiling at the Vatican.
    d)  Here's a basic tour of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France!