Raphael
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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, now generally known in English as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, a
Presumed self-portrait of Raphael, 1504–06
The School of Athens
Cardinal and Theological Virtues (1511)
Giovanni Santi, Raphael's father – Christ supported by two angels (c. 1490)
High Renaissance
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In art history, the High Renaissance was a short period of the most exceptional artistic production in the Italian states, particularly Rome, capital of the Papal States, and in Florence, during the I
Raphael
…April 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael (UK: RAF-ay-əl, US: RAF-ee-əl, RAY-fee-, RAH-fy-EL), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with…
Raphael's frescos in the Raphael Rooms of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, commissioned by Pope Julius II.
The Last Supper, mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
Bramante's Tempietto, designed 1502, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome.
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa or La Gioconda (1503–1505/07) in the Louvre.