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Raphael (artist)
This category covers the life and work of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, commonly called Raphael (1483-1520). He worked first in Florence, then in Rome, where he painted the famous murals in the Raffaello Sanzio da Urbinoatican (the Stanze). He is one of the three most famous painters in the Italian High Renaissance.
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What was Raphael Sanzio's most famous painting?
It is really hard to come up with just one, since Raphael had so many incredibly famous paintings but, I think that the most recognized one is without a doubt the 'two little angels' that appear as a detail on a painting called the "Sistine Madonna". Do an Internet search to see an image of it. You will recognize it immediately.
His fresco called "The School of Athens" is also immensely famous.
Raphael was an Italian painter. As a High Renaissance painter he combined traits from the Early Renaissance with the progress of his great contemporaries Leonardo and Michelangelo to create paintings of great beauty, clarity and balance. He painted a series of large allegorical and historical murals in the Vatican. For a short time he was the architect of St Peter's.
What was Raphael's contributions?
He was an Italian High Renaissance painter. He painted, portraits and religious subjects. His mural paintings in the Vatican (in the Stanze) are especially famous.
He also made prints and some architectural projects (never finished).
Click link below for a list of his works!
What are the names of the art pieces of Raphael Santi?
Many of his paintings are considered masterpieces, you cannot pick just one of them.
Suggestions: 'Sistine Madonna', 'School of Athens', 'Transfiguration', ...
What techniques did Raphael use?
Raphael's most notable work is probably the four frescoes he did during the renaissance period. When he moved to Rome he was almost immediately commissioned by Pope Julius ll, who asked him to fresco a room which was to become the pope's private library. This room, as well as three more, became famous as the "Raphael Rooms," and include the most famous fresco of the High Renaissance, 'the school of Athens' and 'the Pamassus'. A fresco is using wet plaster and colour pigment to create a 3D piece sticking out from a flat wall or surface.
How did Raphael Sanzio impact the world?
Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.
What Are Raphael's Greatest Masterpieces?
There is no official ranking list, what is the best is for each person to decide for himself.
The best known may be 'The School of Athens', The Sistine Madonna and La belle jardinière.
There is no official ranking list. In art you should make your own choices.
I have seen the work of both and both have blown me away with their art. The beauty is stunning and makes you wonder how man could paint something so beautiful.
He used a different pose for each subject to emphasize the subject's personality.
Yes, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino [April 6, or March 28, 1483-April 6, 1520] was a Catholic. He was raised for a time by his paternal Uncle Bartolomeo, who was a priest. He was known to have received last rites during the last 15 days that it took him to die. In fact, he was said to have been born and died on Good Friday.
Where are Raphael Sanzio's paintings?
In most of the big museums in Western Europe, also a fine collection in the National Gallery of Washington DC. More details in the web link to art Cyclopedia. Several works in the Uffizi and Pitti Palace in Florence. A couple in the National Gallery, London. His last work in the Vatican Museum. Probably also some in other American Museums than Nat Gall Washington DC.
How much does Raphael's 'School of Athens' cost?
Cost???
It is a mural (wall painting) in the Vatican.
It cannot be sold.
What is noteworthy about Raphael's style?
Raphael was an artist during the Renaissance time period. He was active between the late 1400's and early 1500's.
What does Raphael sanzio use to make his paintings?
It is important to know that until the middle of the 16th century no paintings were made without a commission. People contacted painters and asked them to make such and such a painting. Today artists produce what they like (through 'inspiration') and hope to sell it.
Who did Raphael work for and What did he paint?
He was commissioned by many people to paint portraits and religious subjects.
Pope Julius II gave him the largest commission to paint murals in 4 rooms in the Vatican. The most famous of these is the 'School of Athens'.
Raphael's Alba Madonna demonstrated his ability to present the Madonna?
Raphael's figures are soft, delicate, and graceful, as is his color palette.
There is an angel by the name of Raphael in what Catholics call the Deuterocanonical books and what Protestents generally call the Apocrypha, in the Book of Tobit. Raphael also appears in the Book of Enoch, a Jewish book traditionally ascribed to the patriarch Enoch, but which is not regarded by most Jews as a canonical part of the Torah.
So... maybe?
Even though he was born in Urbino, I'm pretty sure he lived in Florence, like all the other rising artists of Renaissancetime period.
Yes, he did, until 1508, when he moved to Rome and stayed there.
How old was Raphael when he died?
Raphael was born on April 6, 1483 and died on April 6, 1520. Raphael would have been 37 years old at the time of death or 532 years old today.
The answer to this is his father was the teacher, becaause there was no school back in the 15th centuary.
