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| Self-Portrait Raphael Sanzio 1506 |
Raphael Sanzio was born on April 6,
1483 and died April 6, 1520, he was a high Renaissance artist. One of
his most famous paintings is The school of Athens. According to
Vasari during his early years he followed in the footsteps and styles
of Pietro Perugino, but as soon as he saw the natural and
sophisticated style of Leonardo Da Vinci, he became a follower of his
style in how he created “his figures and their movements that
surpassed all other painters, Raphael was left wholly astonished and
amazed.” He also studied the art and style of the famous
Michelangelo. With all these influences he his own technique and
style evolved that expressed his unique individuality. Vasari quotes
his “clarity of form, ease of composition and visual achievement of
the Neoplastic ideal of human grandeur” wasn'tlike any other.
Raphael was praised as one of the great Renaissance artists along
with Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci whom, he admired.
Unfortunately, he died on his thirty-seventh birthday, a very young
aged Raphael. He was said to be very kind, he loved women and left us
with artwork that can clearly be only that of the High Renaissance.
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