Raphael Sanzio
Raphael Sanzio was an exquisite artist at the time of the Italian Renaissance. He was also an architect during this time period. The time he was around was 1483-1520. He was born in Italy, specifically Florence. He was well known for the grace in his paintings. Also by the way he drew his architecture. In this time period, he was extremely influential to other people. Specifically other artists and architects. He His work was separated into different categories. His first would be his early years in Umbria, then he had a period of 4 years, then he spent twelve years in Rome.
Raphael’s work was different than anyone else's from that specific time. His work also varies a great amount because he was a painter and an architect. This changes
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He stuck to paintings of Madonnas and the child display. He focused on different characteristics. One was human warmth. Another was serenity, which was used a great amount. Another he used was that he made perfectly shaped figures.
Raphaels most well known piece of are would definitely be “The School Of Athens”. This piece of art shows a few figures from classic greek times. It was painted from 1509 to 1511. It is seen as being a statement. The statement represents coexistence of pagan Greeks and Christian Italian modern culture. This showed the basis that the European civilization should be like.
The art itself shows a man in a pink robe. It is the man up front in the picture. The man is said to be Pythagoras. He was the one who found a formula for triangles. This piece of art shows different architectural geometry throughout the painting. Another thing that Raphael might have done is that he painted the faces of Renaissance artists and Philosophers onto the Greek people in the painting. Another thing that appears is that there are two men holding books. They are the founders of Western Philosophy. The two men are Plato and