What explains the popularity of High Renaissance art in the 20th and 21st centuries? Why are people still fascinated by Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci?
Those artists were truly ahead of their time. They understood science and perspective which put their art ahead by leaps and bounds. Look at some of the art before the renaissance and notice the lack of perspective and understanding of dimensions. If you compare the two periods you can see the genius of the Renaissance artists.
