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Raphael, an outstanding Italian painter, is also known as the "Three Renaissance Masters" with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and is also the youngest of the three. Raphael died at the age of 37, but because of his diligent creation, he left more than 300 precious works of art to the world. His works learn from others and form his own unique style. They are the representatives of techniques, and also represent the most admired aesthetic taste at that time, which has become a model that later classicists can't reach. His representative works include the oil painting The Sistine Madonna and the mural The Academy of Athens. [ 1]
Raphael's father is a second-class court painter, so he studied painting with his father since childhood. 1 1 When his father died, he worked as an assistant for a painter. Later, he studied the works of Florence artists in the15th century and actively absorbed the advantages and strengths of various painters. Formed his own harmonious, clear, beautiful and elegant artistic style, and began to embark on the road of originality. Raphael's mother died in 149 1 year, when Raphael was only eight years old, and his father remarried on 1 August, 494/day. At the age of eleven, he became an orphan and Raphael's official guardian became his only uncle. When I was young, I studied painting with my father. Later, he studied painting with perugino Studio and started his career at 1500.
1504, Raphael, 2 1 year old, painted the wedding of the Virgin Mary. This work even surpasses perugino, and it is innovative in composition and image-building. Especially the modesty, elegance, picture balance and background description of the Virgin Mary and her husband Yue Se are rare works.
During 1504, Raphael lived in Florence. He was influenced by local Republican politics, democratic spirit and humanistic thought. At the same time, he also studied Leonardo da Vinci's composition and Michelangelo's body expression and style, which made his style mature and soon became the same ancestor of both.
His portraits of the Virgin Mary all reflect the humanistic thought of maternal tenderness and youthful bodybuilding. The most famous ones are Notre Dame de Anxi, Notre Dame de Grassland and Notre Dame de Frinault. 1513-1514 The Sistine Madonna is a large-scale oil painting painted every year, which is composed of a triangle composed of the virgin and saints, solemn and balanced. The Virgin and Jesus show the greatness of maternal love. Besides, Madonna on the Chair and Madonna of Alba are his flawless works.
1509, at the invitation of Pope Julius II (Pope Julius II), painted murals of the Vatican, among which the murals of the signing hall were the most outstanding. These murals represent four kinds of human spiritual activities: theology, philosophy, poetics and law. Their works are fully harmonious with architectural decoration, solemn, obvious and colorful. His important works during this period also include Eliodoro Exiled from the Temple, Bolshena Mass, Fire of Porgo, Victory of Galatia, etc. At the age of 23, he painted a self-portrait and the Sistine Madonna. Representative works include The Image in Castiglio, which depicts a scholar, and The Girl in the Scarf, which depicts a girl. /kloc-in the spring of 0/520, when he was seriously ill, he was still painting the Transfiguration of Christ, but he failed to finish it because of his death.
Character character
Raphael is very popular and knows how to respect people.
It is said that as long as he stays somewhere for five minutes, someone will come to ask for a painting, and Raphael rarely refuses. Besides, Raphael will play for Pope Julius II like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. But Raphael and Julius II always get along well. Later, Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici liked Raphael very much, specially gave him a cardinal hat, and betrothed a niece of Cardinal Bibi Yin Na to him. Although Raphael was dissatisfied with this, he did not directly refuse, but kept dragging his marriage until his accidental death.
In a word, Raphael is modest and sincere, and he is warmly welcomed wherever he goes. He became a superstar and a heartthrob very early. His temperament is sought after everywhere like his paintings, and artists regard him as a model of success. Raphael died on 1520' s 37th birthday. His death shocked the whole city of Rome, from the Pope to the nobility to the Lebanese people, and everyone was deeply saddened by his untimely death. The Romans held the most grand funeral for him, and the Pope insisted on burying him in the Pantheon, which was a unique honor!
A happy childhood created Raphael's gentle character.
Raphael's life is smooth and happy, full of warmth, love, affirmation, self-confidence and security. These are very lacking in Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo's life.
Raphael has been loved by his parents since he was born. My father is a painter and poet. Although his life is not very rich, he has a good wife and a successful career. Before Raphael, he had two sons who died successively, so after Raphael was born, his parents took good care of him, prayed for his healthy growth in the morning and evening, and named him "angel" (Raphael means angel in Italian). Raphael also showed great artistic interest and talent since he was a child. Before he could speak, he liked to play with brushes as toys, and he was excited when he saw paint, which made his parents very happy. Raphael's father taught him painting when he was 8 years old, and taught him all painting skills when he was 10 years old. In order to improve his son's painting level, the father took his son everywhere to learn from the teacher and strongly encouraged him to explore his own artistic style.
Raphael's father died at the age of 1 1. He entered the painter's studio as an assistant, specializing in the works of15th century famous Florence, and embarked on an original road. From the age of 22 to 25, Raphael created a large number of Madonna statues, which made him famous. In this process, he never encountered the dilemma of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and never had a direct conflict with authority figures.