RAPHAEL

(RAFFAELLO  SANTI)

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CERENNA HARRISON
7-2
JUNE 11, 2019
 INTRODUCTION

LIFE (1483-1520)

PAINTING
STYLE Self
Portrait
 EARLY LIFE
 RAPHAEL WAS BORN ON APRIL 6, 1483 IN
URBINO, ITALY
 RAPHAEL'S FATHER INTRODUCED HIM TO
PAINTING WHEN HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD.
 BY THE AGE OF 17 HE WAS ALREADY A
FANTASTIC ARTIST.
 HE WAS COMMISSIONED TO PAINT THE
CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN (1501-1502)
- LATER WAS MOVED TO THE VATICAN
q HE MOVED TO FLORENCE AND WAS The Coronation of the
TAUGHT BY LEONARDO DA VINCI AND Virgin
MICHELANGELO
 PAINTING STYLE
 RAPHAEL USED MEDIUM / OIL PAINTS ON HIS
PORTRAITS IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM MORE
DEPTH OF SHADOW
 AS HE BEGAN TO GET MORE INTO HIS
ARTWORK, HE STARTED A WORKSHOP WITH
SEVERAL ASSISTANTS.
 HE PAINTED ON PAPER AND SOMETIMES
EVEN ON VELLUM (MADE FROM CALF SKIN).
 ALL HIS TAPESTRY CARTOONS HAVE SEVERAL
SHEETS OF PAPER GLUED TOGETHER.
Holy Madonna
Painting
 RAPHAEL –HIS LEGACY
 HE INFLUENCED SEVERAL PAINTERS AND HE
WAS KNOWN AS THE GENIUS OF THE
RENAISSANCE PAINTERS.
 RAPHAEL PAINTED EMOTIONAL PAINTINGS TO
CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE LOOKED AT THEM.
 BEST KNOWN FOR HIS MADONNAS AND FOR HIS
LARGE FIGURE COMPOSITIONS IN THE VATICAN
 THE TRANSFIGURATION WAS HIS LAST
MASTERPIECE ; UNFINISHED AT HIS DEATH –
LATER FINISHED BY HIS ASSISTANT
Transfiguration
 DIED AT THE AGE OF 37 OF FEVER ON HIS Painting
BIRTHDAY - 1520
REFERENCE LIST

• ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, INC.  RAPHAEL, 28 MAY 2019,

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