The peak of the Italian Renaissance occurred around 1490 and lasted for forty years. Here are some examples of High Renaissance painters: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael. Their works eclipsed those of their predecessors: High Renaissance artists emphasized anatomy and realism. The number of religious figures in paintings declined during the High Renaissance; in fact, artists began to remove certain elements from theological paintings to intensify realism. For these artists, realism was the palpable, the human, the observable; therefore, a rise in altitude of the humanist spirit concomitant with the fall of the spiritual climate became a recognizable feature of the High Renaissance. This was the time when da Vinci skillfully designed his Vitruvian Man, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper; Michelangelo then sculpted David and Moses; Raphael completed his studies at the Athens School. Although the High Renaissance was an undeniably beautiful era for the visual arts, immorality was pervasive. Most artists have not been careful in dealing with their pride and sin. Two of the three above are known to have a propensity for homosexual acts. While Leonardo da Vinci was particularly insecure about his work, Michelangelo was a perfectionist who attempted to rival his peerless precedent. These virtuosos did not accredit God for their talent: they acquiesced to the Pope's wishes simply because they were incapable of refusing (that is, to advance their profession). The Bible, in Philippians 2:9-11, commands mankind to sing hymns to the Lord. ("Therefore God has exalted him to the highest place and given him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth." earth, and let every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father") The decline of respect for the Lord among men of the Italian Renaissance.