Picasso: Good morning everyone! Welcome to the PastArt Studio where we interview artists from the past. Here with me today is the famous Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. Raphael was born in 1483 and died 1520 So Raphael! What was life like for you as a Renaissance artist?
Raphael: Well Picasso, I was a painter and an architect in the 15th century and I ran a large workshop and even though I died so young, I left a lot of my art work. Many of my pieces are found in the Vatican Palace.
Picasso: Amazing! Tell us about your famous fresco painting, School of Athens, why did you create it and what was it about?
Raphael: I painted the School of Athens between 1509 and 1511 in order to represent philosophy as one of the four branches of knowledge
Raphael: Well Picasso, I was a painter and an architect in the 15th century and I ran a large workshop and even though I died so young, I left a lot of my art work. Many of my pieces are found in the Vatican Palace.
Picasso: Amazing! Tell us about your famous fresco painting, School of Athens, why did you create it and what was it about?
Raphael: I painted the School of Athens between 1509 and 1511 in order to represent philosophy as one of the four branches of knowledge