Raffaello Sanzio was born on April 6th, 1483 in Urbino, Italy. He began painting in 1504 as an apprentice under Perugino. Raphael is best known for his series of “Madonnas” he painted while in Rome and in 1514, Pope Julius II hired him as his chief architect. A Madonna is Christin religious art, especially the depiction of the Virgin Mary. At he time he was hired as the Pope’s chief architect, he had just finished his last work in a famous series of Madonnas, an oil painting by the name of Sistine Madonna.
Urbino was a cultural center that highly encouraged the arts at the time. Raphael’s father was Giovanni Santi. He was a artist, specifically a painter, for the Duke of Urbino, Ferderigo da Montefeltro. Giovanni taught Raphael from a …show more content…
This is especially shown off in his religious works such as the Mond Crucifixion (circa 1503), The Three Graces (circa 1503), and The Knight’s Dream (1504). Mond Crucifixion was one of Raphael’s earliest works and was greatly inspired by his mentor at the time, Perugio. This piece also served as the altarpiece of the side chapel in S. Domenico in Città di Castello. In this painting, the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist stand on opposite sides of a cross holding a crucified Jesus. Saint Jerome and Mary Magdalene also kneel before him. Angels catch Christ’s blood in chalices, which are used for wine during Catholic Mass service. The Three Graces depicts the three divinities for beauty, grace, and artistic inspiration. In their archaic form they represented the powers of vegetation. These deities are represented as three sisters called Euphrosyne, Thalia, and Aglaea. In Greek mythology their father was Zeus and their mother was Hera, though some debate exists as to their mother being Eurynome. Once again this painting shows heavy influence from Raphael’s mentor, Perugino. Raphael used oil on canvas for this work, a new style for him personally. The three women in The Three Graces stand naked while holding apples. One woman faces with her back to the observer and the other two are on opposite sides of her. This creates a good sense of symmetry throughout the work and clearly …show more content…
To Raphael, these artists were innovative in their use of depth in their compositions. He studied their works and through this he managed to develop his own, more intricate and expressive personal style that we see being used in his earlier paintings. As Raphael grew more experienced, his paintings became much more detailed. From 1504 through 1504, he produced a series of Madonnas. These appeared to be influenced once again by Leonardo da Vinci’s works. Raphael continued to experiment with this style of painting with his painting, La Belle Jardine. Within the same year he created his most extravagant work, The Entombment, which echoed with the ideas that Michelangelo was using at that time. When Raphael moved to Rome in 1508 to paint Stanze, under Pope Julius II’s patronage. This also led to other famous fresco cycle works such as The Triumph of Religion and The School of Athens. Coming almost full circle, that cycle of frescos had heavy humanist philosophical principles that he had learned as a boy in the Urbino
Urbino was a cultural center that highly encouraged the arts at the time. Raphael’s father was Giovanni Santi. He was a artist, specifically a painter, for the Duke of Urbino, Ferderigo da Montefeltro. Giovanni taught Raphael from a …show more content…
This is especially shown off in his religious works such as the Mond Crucifixion (circa 1503), The Three Graces (circa 1503), and The Knight’s Dream (1504). Mond Crucifixion was one of Raphael’s earliest works and was greatly inspired by his mentor at the time, Perugio. This piece also served as the altarpiece of the side chapel in S. Domenico in Città di Castello. In this painting, the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist stand on opposite sides of a cross holding a crucified Jesus. Saint Jerome and Mary Magdalene also kneel before him. Angels catch Christ’s blood in chalices, which are used for wine during Catholic Mass service. The Three Graces depicts the three divinities for beauty, grace, and artistic inspiration. In their archaic form they represented the powers of vegetation. These deities are represented as three sisters called Euphrosyne, Thalia, and Aglaea. In Greek mythology their father was Zeus and their mother was Hera, though some debate exists as to their mother being Eurynome. Once again this painting shows heavy influence from Raphael’s mentor, Perugino. Raphael used oil on canvas for this work, a new style for him personally. The three women in The Three Graces stand naked while holding apples. One woman faces with her back to the observer and the other two are on opposite sides of her. This creates a good sense of symmetry throughout the work and clearly …show more content…
To Raphael, these artists were innovative in their use of depth in their compositions. He studied their works and through this he managed to develop his own, more intricate and expressive personal style that we see being used in his earlier paintings. As Raphael grew more experienced, his paintings became much more detailed. From 1504 through 1504, he produced a series of Madonnas. These appeared to be influenced once again by Leonardo da Vinci’s works. Raphael continued to experiment with this style of painting with his painting, La Belle Jardine. Within the same year he created his most extravagant work, The Entombment, which echoed with the ideas that Michelangelo was using at that time. When Raphael moved to Rome in 1508 to paint Stanze, under Pope Julius II’s patronage. This also led to other famous fresco cycle works such as The Triumph of Religion and The School of Athens. Coming almost full circle, that cycle of frescos had heavy humanist philosophical principles that he had learned as a boy in the Urbino