Raphael's Influence On The Life And Work Of Athens

Raphael, a product of the Renaissance, presented a different style of art and introduced a new medium for expression. His repertoire included both complex and simplistic work. The variety in his art allowed him to attract attention from both royalty and common people. His artistic ability is neither challenged nor debated. An outstanding support and teaching from his father planted a seed of inextinguishable desire. Later in his life, Raphael watched this seed bloom as opportunities began to wallow at his feet. However, Raphael was no genius compared to his contemporaries and neither did he have a drop of noble blood in his family history. The facts were not stacked in his favor. Nevertheless, Raphael was always known for his work ethic and good manners.

Thesis Statement In my research, I have seen how Raphael individually personifies what the High Renaissance encircles. I.      Early Life A.     Childhood

Throughout history, the upcoming giants of civilization have always attempted to glorify themselves by drawing comparisons to colossuses of the past. The European Renaissance was no different in that aspect as it drew comparisons to the ancients, the Greeks, to announce, commemorate and immortalize their legacy and culture. Two of the many examples of such conduct are Raphael’s frescoes, “The School of Athens” and “The Parnassus”.

In the 15th century, during the height of the Italian Renaissance, new artist were emerging with a vast understanding of philosophy and humanism. This period of the Renaissance would produce some of the most dynamic artist the world has ever known. These artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Of the three central Italian Renaissance artists Raphael is perhaps the most fascinating of the group. Born in a small town in Umbria near Urbino, Raphael would learn most of his basic skills from his father, Giovanni Santi, who was a painter himself. However, at a young age he would enter in an apprenticeship under Pietro Perugino at the Umbrian school. With influence from great artists of the past and present Raphael began to develop an individual style exemplifying the

When someone says Raphael, the first thought to come to the brain is a Ninja Turtle with a red mask, but he was actually not a fictional turtle and had a large impact on the understanding of the world in the Renaissance age. Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino was greatly influenced by his father when he was young, who was also an Italian artist and taught Raphael most of the techniquices he used in his early life painting. He was also Influenced by the art of Fra Bartolommeo, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Masaccio later on in his life when he had his apprenticeship in Florence. Raphael influenced the Renaissance age by his Christian art, famous portraits, spreading the culture of Mannerism, and his work with Italian architecture.

Raffaello Sanzio, more commonly known as Raphael, was born to his mother and father on April 6, 1483. He was born in the town of Urbino in Italy. Raphael’s father worked as a court painter under the Duke of Urbino. Raphael often helped his father paint some paintings for the court. Being around and growing up around the court as much as he did, Raphael was introduced to practicing proper manners and to new social skills. His mother passed away when he was eight years old and even though his father remarried, he passed away four years later. The passing of Raphael’s parents left him orphaned and living with his uncle, who was a priest. While living with his uncle, Raphael showed the talent that he had learned while helping his father at the Duke’s court. Around the age of fifteen or sixteen, Raphael did a self-portrait, which is the earliest known example of his work (Raphael Sanzio, 2012).

The European Renaissance was the time period after the Dark Ages. In the Renaissance, radical new ideas like humanism and individualism took foot. Also, art and science were re-embraced for the first time in Europe since classical times. Art in the Renaissance became much more realistic and advanced using new techniques such as chiaroscuro (using high contrast to add depth to a painting), foreshortening (adjusting line length and angle to make 2-D objects look 3-D), and much more accurate perspective. The new art represented the new ideas of the Renaissance because where Gothic style art showed things in Theological perspective and had little to do with anything other than religion, Renaissance art represented new, more secular ideas by showing things in literal perspective and often had non-religious subjects. Raphael was a High Renaissance painter and architect. He was born on April 6, 1483, in Urbino, Italy. He died on April 6, 1520, in Rome. (EBO) He lived a very successful life, and had many great works. Perhaps one of his most famous is The School of Athens. It is a fresco located in a papal apartment he designed, surrounded by other frescoes he painted. It was painted in between 1508 and 1511 for Pope Julius II. (EBO) Many artistic scholars consider it to be the best representation of the High Renaissance in a single work. It represents the new mindset of the Renaissance so well because it shows philosophers debating science and religion openly, wearing classical clothing, and in a setting thought to be a part of the Roman Forum. All the figures in the fresco have their own unique face, and are doing something different.

Raphael was born Raffaello Santi or Raffaello Sanzio in Urbino on April 6, 1483, and received his early training in art from his father, the painter Giovanni Santi. In 1499 he went to Perugia, in Umbria, and became a student and assistant of the painter Perugino. Raphael imitated his master closely; their paintings of this period are executed in styles so similar that art historians have found it difficult to determine which were painted by Raphael. In 1504 Raphael moved to Florence, where he studied the work of such established painters of the time as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, learning their methods of representing the play of light and shade, anatomy, and dramatic action. In 1508 Raphael was called to Rome by Pope Julius II and commissioned to execute frescoes in four small stanze, or rooms, of the Vatican Palace. The second Vatican chamber, the Stanza d'Eliodoro, painted with the aid of Raphael's assistants, contains scenes representing the triumph of the Roman Catholic church over its enemies.

Raphael Sanzio was born on April 6, 1843 in the town of Urbino, Italy. He was a painter during the high Renaissance period. His artwork commonly organized into three phases, his early career, the Florentine Period, and his final years in which he produced his best work. Raphael’s family was full of artists. His father was a court painter to the Duke of Urbino, Federico Iii da Montefeltro.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Tuscany. He is considered the quintessential renaissance man, with recognized talent as a sculptor, architect, painter, poet, and engineer; whose impact on Western art is unparalleled in history. His family had been small-scale bankers in Florence. When the bank failed, his father moved to Caprese where he became a judicial administrator. Many say the young Michelangelo was scolded and beaten by his father for spending too much time drawing. Michelangelo's mother was Francesca di Neri del Miniato di Siena. Although born in Caprese, several months after Michelangelo’s birth, his parents returned to Florence, where he was raised. After his mother’s death in 1481, Michelangelo moved in with a stonecutter and his wife in a town called Settignano, where his father owned a marble quarry and small farm.