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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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Did Raphael go any where for art school?
In the 15th century there were no art schools. To become an artist you had to find an older artist who was willing to take you as an apprentice.
Pietro Perugino, working in Perugia and Florence, became Raphael's master.
There are several people of that name. For instance:
Born in Florida and raised in Venezuela. Raphael Jiménez began his musical life as a violinist.
The famous painter Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) lived from 1483-1520, and created many famous paintings. Two of the best known are:
Madonna of the Meadow, ca. 1505-1506, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, and
Philosophy (School of Athens), 1509-1511, in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican.
What did Raphael do in his father's workshop?
Help in a general way until he became apprenticed to Pietro Perugino.
What were 5 pieces Raphael was famous for?
Madonna of the Grand Duke (c. 1505)La belle jardinière (1507)
The School of Athens (1509-1510)
Portrait of Pope Julius II (1511-1512)
The Triumph of Galatea (1511-1513)
Sistine Madonna (c. 1513-1516)
Woman with a Veil (La Donna velata) (1515-1516)
Transfiguration (1517-c. 1520)
They are actually called the Stanze, in the Vatican palace. Raphael painted murals on their walls.
What's the title of the painting done for Pope Julius II in 1506 that Raphael Santi did?
Madonna del Prato (Madonna is what most people call it)
Was Raphael friends with an architect from St Peter's Basilica?
Yes, Bramante, and Raphael succeeded him.
What is one technique Raphael Sanzio uses to create emphasis in Marriage of the Virgin?
All the people are looking at the important thing: the hands of Mary and Joseph in the Marriage of the Virgin.
Why are there acorns in Raphael's portrait of Pope Julius II?
Pope Julius II was born Guiliano della Rovere. The Italian word rovere means oak. This also explains why Michelangelo painted acorns on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, which was commissioned by Pope Julius.
Does Sally Jesse Raphael have children?
She has one son; her daughter died from a drug overdose years ago.
It demonstrates humanist thought in that biblical religious figures have a modern Renaissance setting.
Why was Raffaello Sanzio important to the renaissance?
He was a good painter and sculpture. He was well known by the Popes and is most famous from his sculpture of David, paintings of Madonnas(the most famous paintings of her are on some stamps) and he worked on the Sistine Chapel.
How many paintings has Raphael done?
There is no exact answer. There are more than a hundred easel paintings (= paintings on wood or canvas). Some of them are definitely by Raphael, others are ascribed to him, which means some experts say they are, other experts say they are not by his hand. In addition there are the vast mural paintings in four rooms of the Vatican, at least 16 different units, some of them executed by assistants. Also 8 large format painted carton originals for tapestries. So!?
What is the name of Raffaello Santi's mistress?
Margherita Luti is the name of the mistress of Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, March 28, 1483? - April 6, 1520). Posterity remembers Margherita under the nickname la fornarina ("the little baker"), as the baker of Siena-born baker Francesco Luti. Her Italian architect and painter lover was said never to have married because of love for Margherita, who was present at his deathbed and retired to the Convent of Santa Apollonia four months after his death.
There were no awards in our sense of the word to be won.
