Raphael
Raphael was one of the great artists of Renaissance times. Raphael is best known for his Madonna's and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican in Rome [Nicolas Pioch, Raphael]. He was one of the best at using depth perception in his work. Raphael's talents are often over looked because people are interested more in the works of Michelangelo and DaVinci. Even though Raphael is often in the shadow of other artists, he was still one of the great artists of the Renaissance. Raphael Sanzio (Italian in full Raffaello Sanzio [Nicolas Pioch, Raphael]) was born in the small town of Urbino, Italy on April 6, 1483. He received his earliest training from his father, Giovanni Sanzio. Giovanni, being an artist himself, knew enough about the arts to teach his son. Later, Giovanni sent his son to the school of Pietro Perugino. Perugino's influence was clear in the early works of Raphael. In fact, Perugino's Crucifixion with the Virgin, St John, St Jerome, and St Mary Magdalene was thought to be a Raphael piece until evidence was found that proved that it was given to the church of San Gimigniano in 1497, when Raphael was only four-teen years old. Raphael spent the years from 1504 to 1508 mostly in Florence. He learned a lot fro
http://w3.metu.edu.tr:8080/wm/paint/auth/raphael/ Durant, Will. The Renaissance, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1953 Pioch, Nicolas. "Web Museum: Raphael", 1996 While in Rome, Raphael wasn't employed only by the Pope. A number of private parties also paid for Raphael's services. Two major pieces were done for the Sienese banker, Agostino Chigi. One was a wall fresco of the sea nymph Galatea(1513). The other was an entire ceiling with stories of Cupid and Psyche. He also painted the famous portrait Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de'Medici and Luigi de'Rossi which showed the Pope along with his nephew. In 1514, Raphael took over Donato Bramante's job as chief architect of Saint Peter's Basilica. At Saint Peter's, Raphael made plans for many architectural designs. Not all of these plans were carried out, but some of them were. These include a chapel for Agostino Chigi in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, the Vidoni-Caffarelli Palace in Rome, and the Pandolfini Palace in Florence. They also include the Villa Madama in Rome, however it was never completed.
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