Cinquecento:Leonardo da vinci(1452-1519) produced few works of very high quality,his major technical contribution was the sfumato technique,applied in works such as Last supper and Mona lisa.Michelangelo(1475-1564) displayed special interest in nudes,movement,variety of poses,drawing and the depiction of volume,his main work was the series of frescoes.Raphael(1483-1520) achieved great perfection in drawing,colour and composition,his pricipal works wre the School of athens.The birth of the baroque.baroque arose during the 17th century in response to papal patronage in rome and spread across the rest of europe,artist continued the artistic traditions of the renaissance.The principal patrons were the catholic church used art to promote its doctrines against protestantism, the absolute monarchs displayed their power through art,and the wealthy bourgeoisie demonstrated their economic success.Baroque architecture :baroque architectonic elements were derived from classical antiquity,curved lines were used to decorate walls and the demarcation of a building´s different floors to create a sense of movement,columns and supporting elements did not respect the proportions of the classical orders.El greco :spanish renaissance painting was influences by the great italian masters,el greco´s work is characterised by the depiction of figures with elongated proportions,often shown in complex postures,the subject matter of el greco´s paintings was mainly religious.The burial of the count of orgaz:is also known as the burial of the lord of orgaz,this work depicts the miraculous burial of gonzalo ruiz lord of orgaz,Thepainting is organised in two levels,in the lower part the burial of the lord of orgaz is set in the 16th century and in the upper level the deceased´s soul represented as a child.The discovery of america:was dicovery by chistopher columbus a sailor born in genoa,his aim was to sail westwards across the atlantic to reach india,he presented his project to king john II of portugal ,but the king rejected it,then he offered to the catholic monarchs,they accepted in their capulations of santa fe.