Raphael ~ High Renaissance Artist ~ Art History ~ 142 Slides ~ Renaissance Art

The author is a retired attorney but still producing artist.

This is a complete powerpoint presentation of the art of RAPHAEL.

ACTUAL SLIDES ARE IN THE SLIDESHOW ON THIS PAGE FOR YOUR REVIEW.

TEXT EXCERPT:

~ Raphael was born among artists and the high echelons because his father, Giovanni Santi, was court painter to the Duke of Urbino. He was orphaned by 12, which was not unusual due to short life expectancies.
~ Raphael’s social grace and ease among the high echelons, from being raised at court, helped his career.
~ His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello.
~ Raphael led a "nomadic" life, in Northern Italy. A good chunk of that time was spent in Florence, about 1504-08.
~ In 1508, Raphael moved to Rome, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.
~ His first work in Rome was for the Pope’s Library.
~ outstanding art achievement: The frescoed Raphael Rooms in the Vatican Palace.
~ The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura is the most well known work of the Raphael Rooms.