Raffaello Sanzio Raphael
(1483 - 1520) |
|
Art Work
| Name: |
Raffaello Sanzio Raphael |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Urbino, Italy |
| Nationality: |
Italian |
| Birth: |
1483 |
| Death: |
1520 |
| Website: |
|
| Past Auctions: |
Click Here |
|
|
Quick Facts
| Known For: |
|
| Medium: |
|
| Method: |
|
| Style: |
Italian High Renaissance |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painting
Architecture
|
|
|
Biography
| One of t he most significant figures of the Italian High Renaissance was born the son of a painter, Giovanni Santi, court painter to the duke of Urbino. Urbino was an important cultural center, and Raphael's childhood must have given him the refinement that, along with his reputedly sweet nature, helped ease his path to success in high places. Santi died when Raphael was a boy, but it seems inevitable that he would have trained his prodigy son. By around 1500, the young artist was receiving further apprenticeship at nearby Perugia in the studio of Pietro Vannucci (Perugino).The latter had, by this time, completed his frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Perugino's fluid, graceful style can be glimpsed in early works by Raphael, including the Mond Crucifixion (c. 1502-1503) altarpiece. Having already shown greater liveliness and subtlety than Perugino, and having made a name for himself in Perugia, Raphael moved to Florence, a city where Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti were pushing artistic boundaries. He stayed for four years, producing some of his best-known Madonna pictures. As well as borrowing something of Michelangelo's understanding of human anatomy, he acquired Leonardo's simple, pyramidal formations, clever lighting, and emotional intimacy, as well as his sfumato technique of modeling forms with soft blending. From this he created a quietly serene art with enormous general appeal. In 1508 Raphael began his glittering career as a papal artist, after being summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II. Soon he had earned a formidable reputation and remained in Rome for the rest of his life. He quickly earned an enviable reputation–as both an artist and a handsome man with a charming personality– and produced work at a prodigious rate. Among his greatest successes are frescoes painted for the Vatican apartments, including the School of Athens (c.1510-1512), which shows his supreme command of narrative and composition. Other Roman projects include portraits that show a new psychological depth and a series of stunning Vatican tapestries. By the time of his premature death, at just thirty-seven, he was such a revered figure that he was buried with full pomp in the Pantheon. |
Samples of Work
|
|
