Beginning in the 14th century and stretching itself until the 17th century, was a cultural movement across Europe, that changed the way we express ourselves entirely. This era is known to us as the Renaissance, which really means "rebirth", or "reconstruction". During this time, artists and musicians produced works that displayed more artistic freedom and individualism. Among those who found their sense of who they were in their masterpieces was a man named Raphael.
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, born on April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6 1520, or better known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the high Renaissance. He is credited with revolutionizing portrait painting because of the style he used in the portrait of Julius II. In his painting The School of Athens, he reflected the classical influence upon Renaissance art, but he also paid tribute to the men who inspired him by using the faces of da Vinci, Bramante and Michelangelo as philosophers participating in the debate between Plato and Aristotle. Raphael was known as the genius of high Renaissance painters. He was the greatest designer of the Renaissance. Raphael influenced painters up to the 1900's. He made people think of personality when they looked at his paintings. Raphael put realistic emotions on to paintings. He changed the way people look at art. Raphael painted life. He was thought to be one of the most detailed painters of all portraitists. He also changed the way people thought of the Holy Madonna. He painted emotional themes. In the simplest of terms, Raphael changed the art world.
Not only do we credit Raphael as having a long lasting influence on generations of artists after his time, but to the entire Renaissance era itself. The rediscovery of classical world radically altered the art of painting. By the year 1500, the Renaissance revived ancient forms and content. The spiritual content of painting changed - subjects from Roman history and mythology were borrowed. Devotional art of Christian orientation became classically humanized. Classical artistic principles, including harmonious proportion, realistic expression, and rational postures were emulated. Renaissance artists painted a wide variety of themes. Religious altarpieces, frescos, and small works for private devotion were very popular. he rebirth of classical antiquity and
Renaissance humanism also resulted in many Mythological and history paintings. The Renaissance era also heightened oil painting techniques, and had almost completely replaced tempera techniques in the majority of Europe.
The Renaissance was a point in time where art was bursting with innovation and society's knowledge was quickly expanding. With the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg, literacy ratea greatly increased because of the lowering cost of books and more ways to get difference points of view on a certain idea or event. With the learning of how to read and write, common people also started to write their own books and increased the education rates by far causing to people to revolt against the current society they were having. As for the artwork, it changed society's view of beautiful. Kings and queens were painted as pale with no eyebrows, and with a reddish colored hair to from this as a standard for beautiful. The Renaissance gave the world beautiful churches, monuments and castles. It was a golden era filled with brilliant minds like Petrarch, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Some of the most prominent works of this era was the Mona Lisa, St. Peters Basilica and the sketches of Da Vinci’s flying machines.
The Renaissance period represents a cultural rebirth, that we see change through these brilliant minds who used ideas like religion and new techniques (just to name a few), as reasons to create masterpieces that changed the way we saw the world. In this era, Europe witnessed an astonishing revival of drawing, fine art painting, sculpture and architecture, that changed the art world forever.
Not only do we credit Raphael as having a long lasting influence on generations of artists after his time, but to the entire Renaissance era itself. The rediscovery of classical world radically altered the art of painting. By the year 1500, the Renaissance revived ancient forms and content. The spiritual content of painting changed - subjects from Roman history and mythology were borrowed. Devotional art of Christian orientation became classically humanized. Classical artistic principles, including harmonious proportion, realistic expression, and rational postures were emulated. Renaissance artists painted a wide variety of themes. Religious altarpieces, frescos, and small works for private devotion were very popular. he rebirth of classical antiquity and
Renaissance humanism also resulted in many Mythological and history paintings. The Renaissance era also heightened oil painting techniques, and had almost completely replaced tempera techniques in the majority of Europe.
The Renaissance was a point in time where art was bursting with innovation and society's knowledge was quickly expanding. With the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg, literacy ratea greatly increased because of the lowering cost of books and more ways to get difference points of view on a certain idea or event. With the learning of how to read and write, common people also started to write their own books and increased the education rates by far causing to people to revolt against the current society they were having. As for the artwork, it changed society's view of beautiful. Kings and queens were painted as pale with no eyebrows, and with a reddish colored hair to from this as a standard for beautiful. The Renaissance gave the world beautiful churches, monuments and castles. It was a golden era filled with brilliant minds like Petrarch, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Some of the most prominent works of this era was the Mona Lisa, St. Peters Basilica and the sketches of Da Vinci’s flying machines.
The Renaissance period represents a cultural rebirth, that we see change through these brilliant minds who used ideas like religion and new techniques (just to name a few), as reasons to create masterpieces that changed the way we saw the world. In this era, Europe witnessed an astonishing revival of drawing, fine art painting, sculpture and architecture, that changed the art world forever.
