Raphael: a jack of all trades, a factotum, a polymath, or a Renaissance man? No matter how you describe him, he is known to be one of the fathers of Renaissance art and architecture and one of the best painters of his time. He is skilled in many areas but is this enough to consider him a true Renaissance man? According to the article The “Renaissance Man” In order to be known as a Renaissance man, he must have meet at least three criteria out of four. Raphael Sanzio da Urbino holds many of the qualities that distinguish him as a renaissance man, including the use of humanism within his art, his specialty in a variety of fields and attainment of a higher education.
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His frescos Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, The School of Athens and The Parnassus are also clear demonstrations of the humanistic influence within his works. Disputation of the Holy Sacrament depicts theologists such as the original four Doctors of the Church, with Pope Gregory I, Augustine, Ambrose, Pope Julius II, Pope Sixtus IV, Savonarola and Dante Alighieri disputing the idea of the eucharist. Dr. Joseph Hartman in his book Nature and Naturalism: A Philosophy Primer states that “Humanism intellectually challenges dogmatic religion and places an emphasis on human values and perspectives” (Hartman, 2013). The fact that those depicted are disputing the ideas of holy sacrament and challenging the ideas of the dogma within a religion would definitely fit within the idea of humanism. Across the room in the Vatican sits The School of Athens, another major display of humanism on Raphael’s work. This piece depicts the historic academy where philosophers of ancient Greece would come to meet and discuss various ideas. Raphael painted many famous philosophers within the picture such as Aristotle, Plato, Socrates and Plotinus. …show more content…
Raphael must have had a high education in order to become the great artist he was. It is clear that Raphael received a high education based on the criteria of those who educated and influenced him. Raphael studied under great Renaissance artists such as Giovanni Santi, Pietro Perugino and Baldassare Castiglione. By studying and learning from these greats Raphael became the well known artist he is today. Giovanni Santi was Raphael’s father and introduced Raphael to painting at an early age. Santi was a painter for the Duke of Urbin and many of his pieces sit in museums around the world. According to Giorgio Vasari, Raphael was "a great help to his father”(Jones and Penny, 5) when working in his workshop and even took over his father’s workshop after his death. His father placed him in an apprenticeship at the age of eight under Pietro Perugino, which was extremely young for that time, showing he pushed Raphael to pursue what he was good at and try to have him as educated as possible to help him achieve greatness. Under his master Pietro Perugino, Raphael truly absorbed his genius and used it in his early works. Pietro Perugino was truly a master of the renaissance, his most famous work The Delivery of the Keys currently sits on the walls of the sistine chapel and many of his other famous works sit in some of the most famous art museums such as the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the Louvre in Paris. In Heinrich Wölfflin’s Classic Art: An
In order to be considered a renaissance man, Raphael must have the concepts …show more content…
His frescos Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, The School of Athens and The Parnassus are also clear demonstrations of the humanistic influence within his works. Disputation of the Holy Sacrament depicts theologists such as the original four Doctors of the Church, with Pope Gregory I, Augustine, Ambrose, Pope Julius II, Pope Sixtus IV, Savonarola and Dante Alighieri disputing the idea of the eucharist. Dr. Joseph Hartman in his book Nature and Naturalism: A Philosophy Primer states that “Humanism intellectually challenges dogmatic religion and places an emphasis on human values and perspectives” (Hartman, 2013). The fact that those depicted are disputing the ideas of holy sacrament and challenging the ideas of the dogma within a religion would definitely fit within the idea of humanism. Across the room in the Vatican sits The School of Athens, another major display of humanism on Raphael’s work. This piece depicts the historic academy where philosophers of ancient Greece would come to meet and discuss various ideas. Raphael painted many famous philosophers within the picture such as Aristotle, Plato, Socrates and Plotinus. …show more content…
Raphael must have had a high education in order to become the great artist he was. It is clear that Raphael received a high education based on the criteria of those who educated and influenced him. Raphael studied under great Renaissance artists such as Giovanni Santi, Pietro Perugino and Baldassare Castiglione. By studying and learning from these greats Raphael became the well known artist he is today. Giovanni Santi was Raphael’s father and introduced Raphael to painting at an early age. Santi was a painter for the Duke of Urbin and many of his pieces sit in museums around the world. According to Giorgio Vasari, Raphael was "a great help to his father”(Jones and Penny, 5) when working in his workshop and even took over his father’s workshop after his death. His father placed him in an apprenticeship at the age of eight under Pietro Perugino, which was extremely young for that time, showing he pushed Raphael to pursue what he was good at and try to have him as educated as possible to help him achieve greatness. Under his master Pietro Perugino, Raphael truly absorbed his genius and used it in his early works. Pietro Perugino was truly a master of the renaissance, his most famous work The Delivery of the Keys currently sits on the walls of the sistine chapel and many of his other famous works sit in some of the most famous art museums such as the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the Louvre in Paris. In Heinrich Wölfflin’s Classic Art: An