The term "High Renaissance" was first used by Jacob Burckhardt in German (Hochrenaissance) in 1855 and has its origins in the "High Style" of painting and sculpture of the time period around the early 16th century described by Johann Joachim Winckelmann in 1764.
O termo "Alto Renacemento", en alemán (Hochrenaissance), empregouno por primeira vez Jacob Burckhardt en 1855 e ten as súas orixes na denominación "Alto Estilo" da pintura e escultura referida aos comezo do séculos XVI descrito por Johann Joachim Winckelmann en 1764.