ined at Urbino, the cradle of Piero della FrancescaÆs mathematical Humanism, but went beyond this influence through his apprenticeship under \b \cf4 \ATXht1206 Perugino\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . A stay in Florence brought him closer to \b \cf4 \ATXht1199 Leonard
o\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and Michelangelo. Moving to Rome, he became the ideal artist of the Renaissance. He painted the rooms of the papal court, practiced architecture and absorbed classical art, creating a universal language. His sudden death left a gap tha
t could not be filled: while the Humanists idealized him, his pupils spread the current of Mannerism.