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Rafael was born in Urbino, Italy. His father was the poet and painter Giovanni Santi and that it was Raphael received his introduction to the world art. He had a natural talent and learned quickly. The art historian Giorgio Vasari, Renaissance, reported that very young Raphael apprenticed to Perugino, one of the first artists in Italy to use oil paints in a meaningful way. The first works of Raphael, in which static figures are painted in rich colors offset by bright light, bright landscape undoubtedly reflect Perugino style.
In 1504, Raphael began to visit Florence, studying the works of established masters such as Miguel Angel, Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo. From them he learned anatomy, perspective and the use of light and shadow. Fra Bartolomeo convinced adopt bolder, more monumental style of painting. The works produced during these four years, is known as the Florentine period, and vary greatly in the nature and scale. He painted many portraits idealized virgin large religious works.
In 1508, when Raphael was only 25 years, Pope Julius II in charge of producing a series of frescoes of four rooms of the Vatican Palace, known as the Stanze. The most famous of these works is the School of Athens, representing the philosophers of antiquity. In this fresco, which pays tribute to his contemporaries inserting the figures of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Bramante, debating with the philosophers Plato, Aristotle and Socrates.
In 1514, Pope Leo X, the successor of Julius II, who was appointed chief architect Rafael de la Basilica of Saint Peter's and a year later as the superintendent of antiquities in the region of Rome. Under the high patronage of Leo X, Raphael was commissioned to designed ten tapestries of the Sistine Chapel with scenes from the life of the Apostles. The drawings or cartoons for the tapestries are now at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
At that time, Rafael was considered the greatest painter and architect Rome. Among the magnificent altarpieces produced during these years is the Sistine Madonna, where the Virgin and Child surrounded by pyroclastic flows appear more Two delightful cherubs whose appeal has survived the centuries. He has also produced some of his finest portraits. Style that used for profiling individuals aged Pope Julius II is credited with revolutionizing the art of portraiture.
Rafael has never married, but the love of his life beauty was known as La Fornarina - The Baker's Daughter, who painted in a sultry pose.
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