Raphael's Accomplishments

Raphael was one of the greatest artists of all Renaissance time. Raphael was best known for his Madonna's and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican in Rome]. Raphael was one of the best at using depth perception in his work. Raphael had some amazing talents but they were often over looked by people because they were more interested Michelangelo and DaVinci works of art. Even though Raphael is often in the shadow of other artists, he was still one of the great artists of the Renaissance.
Raphael Sanzio in Italian his name is pronounced Raffaello Sanzio he was born in the small town of Urbino, Italy on April 6th, 1483. Raphael received training early which was taught by his father, Raphael’s father Giovanni Sanzio. Was an artist himself, …show more content…
So being Raphael also was allowed to paint on a larger scale than he has done before. Michelangelo was also in the Vatican Palace, which he was painting the ceiling of the well-known Sistine Chapel, at the very same time of the arrival of Raphael. Raphael painted the Stanza Della Segnatura on the four walls of the 1st room. It was completed in the year of 1511. Raphael's work on the Stanza Della Segnatura he has also included The School of Athens, which it pictured the famous Raphael and Michelangelo among the philosophers. The Stanza Della Segnatura included works such as, Disputation over the Cardinal Virtues, Sacrament, Giving of the Law and Parnassus.
Raphael had painted four historical events which this showed the salvation of the church through a divine intervention. In three of these frescoes, Raphael depicted either Leo X, or Julius II which Leo X then and now became the Pope in 1513. The 4th fresco in this room showed the liberation of Saint Peter from prison. Raphael had painted part of a third room, the Stanza dell’Incendio, which he named after its main fresco “The Fire in the