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RAPHAEL SANTI

B()rn Raffa./ Silt/I;

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Gilflianni s"mi,

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p.,."gi,," jn

P,rugia

M",",,-to Norm",

rtudj" i.ronaroo,

ilIicbdarlyio,

Barr%,"", IlrId

Ma",,.-jo

Pa;""" uri" rf

Mad"""",

Pain" til<

Depo,ition

Calkd to R(lI'" by

Po/" JUIiUT Ii to

paim tb. Stanz.:l.,

including Sch()<~

of Athens

iJ<a,bo/Pop<

]uJiw-/I. PainIT

Sistine ,\ 1ad(lnna

Mad. archil«t of

S, P""'J, R(Jm,

Pain" til<

Transfiguration

(unfinjJImJ)

OJ,, in R(Jm,

£..in, B~rl .. ,.. •. Si stine ,\btlon "'" (J"aif) (/ 512 )

Salm Barlmra J.xWIom of tb, picttlr, fram. ",",ard, fb, imaginary

"'''gng",jon at rb, foot if rb, Si,~jne ",.donna. 5b, iT ilJ <xquiJi" aT any"f

biT MudonTlaJ", for ,;.'N," Raph"'/ m-"Q '"' a ""ilk rllllg' </ kauri" b, bM

h"'l::n. B",b tb, """tiring and "''"f'O'irion of ,biT paiming typify RapbiNl',

R(Jm"" p<riod

T

he p "mgt:" of the thrt"t: gi.nts of tho::

1I.li"" High Rm.issancc, Raph1<:1 is

best known fn, his Vatican frescos,

numerouS ,\ ladonnas and &scinating I_"tn.its,

including the be.utiful u, f'(JrTlllrina (ro:,w

'L~'ul,,1 as Raphael's ""'n" ",ife) and the

h.unting Pop< ]uJiUf Il. Sun ()f. Court I",inte"

Ral",.d w"s b()1i1 into thc right sur,oun,~ngs~'"

an ani,tic cart'" and, d"'pite being o'l,ha""d at

ck"Vt .... , his 1 """"';uus talentS "",,,,,-,I hiss",,;, ... !.

] h"ing """pletcd his "pp, m tittship with

]'<:rugino, Raphael mOl"d n) 1'1,,,,,,,,,,,. lncn: ho::

hon,,1 h .. art n, the Renaiss;tntt i,leals ofbc:tutr

and han""nr. although his genius ,.-1< ti,,] br the

d,,,,,ar-.is of I"'''uns.

Raphael', strength lar in his drl ftsm""ship

and, at that time, d""'ing ",as con,idered the

!Oundati()fl ()f.1I "isual artS. Fo, the last S",'en

rears of his life, he cmplo}'ed Marcantonio

R.imondi in his Romc Studio, cngr";ng the

b.ddog of d"wings th., he bdcd time to

Com'ert into p.intings. It ",as Raimondi's