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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino [a] (Italian: [raffaˈɛllo ˈsantsjo da urˈbiːno]; March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), [2] [b] now generally known in English as Raphael (UK: / ˈ r æ f eɪ. ə l / RAF-ay-əl, US: / ˈ r æ f i. ə l, ˈ r eɪ f i-, ˌ r ɑː f aɪ ˈ ɛ l / RAF-ee-əl, RAY-fee-, RAH-fy-EL), [4] was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
The School of Athens (Italian: Scuola di Atene) is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael.It was painted between 1509 and 1511 as part of a commission by Pope Julius II to decorate the rooms now called the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.
The Transfiguration is the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael.Cardinal Giulio de Medici – who later became Pope Clement VII (in office: 1523–1534) – commissioned the work, conceived as an altarpiece for Narbonne Cathedral in France; Raphael worked on it in the years preceding his death in 1520. [1]
Raphael humanized male gender so that the sleeve ribbon and hazy edges around both hair and landscape reflected the interchangeability of each gender. A left palm placed near the heart emphasized self-identity and a passionate stance. A striking contrast between pure white and sable intensified the doctrinal harmony between Heaven and Earth.
The Procession to Calvary (Raphael) [Wikidata] National Gallery, London, United Kingdom: Oil on panel 24,4 x 85,5 1504–1505 Madonna del Granduca: Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy: Oil on panel 84,4 x 55,9 1505: Ansidei Madonna: National Gallery, London, United Kingdom: Oil on panel 216,8 x 147,6 1505: Saint John the Baptist Preaching (Raphael ...
Birth name: Raffaello Sanzio; Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino; Santi Raphael; Raphael, 1483-1520; Raffale Sanzio; Rafael Sanzio Description -Italian painter, sculptor, architect, drawer, architectural draftsperson and designer
La velata, or La donna velata ("The woman with the veil"), is a well known portrait by the Italian Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio, more commonly known as Raphael.The subject of the painting appears in another portrait, La Fornarina, and is traditionally identified as the fornarina (bakeress) Margherita Luti, Raphael's Roman mistress.
Raphael took the commission very seriously, over the course of two years working on and developing his design through two phases and numerous preparatory drawings. [ 6 ] This was the last of several major commissions by the young Raphael for Perugia, the home city of his master Perugino .