Raphael (1483 - 1520)
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Raphael (1483 - 1520)
Raphael or Raffaello, a painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance, was born on April 6, 1483 and died on his 37th birthday, April 6, 1520. He was also called Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello de Urbino or Rafael Sanzio de Urbino.
His life was described in Giorgio Vasari's Vite. Born in Urbino, he studied in Perugia under Pietro Perugino; but after moving to Florence he soon adopted the styles of Leonardo and Michelangelo. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael [Aug 2005]
La Fornarina (c. 1520) - Raphael
La Fornarina (c. 1520) - Raphael
Painted around 1520 by Raphael Sanzio (known as Raphael) — an artist renowned for his mastery of female beauty — La Fornarina is at once an idealized likeness of the unknown woman and an ode to her goddess-like grace. The portrait's three-quarter-length view is typical of Renaissance portraiture, while the placement of the sitter's arms recalls the Venus pudica (modest Venus) seen in classical sculpture. This pose draws attention to the parts of her body she ostensibly attempts to conceal, intimating both innocence and seduction. --http://www.frick.org/html/raphel_fornarina.htm [Aug 2005]
The Portrait of a Young Woman (also known as La Fornarina) is a painting by Italian High Renaissance master Raphael, between 1518 and 1520. It is housed in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini, Rome. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fornarina [Jan 2006]
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The Judgment of Paris (c.1510) - Raphael
The Judgment of Paris (c.1510) - Raphael
Marcantonio Raimondi engraving after Raphael
The composition of The Judgment of Paris, a scene with river gods in an engraving (c. 1510) by Marcantonio Raimondi (after a drawing by Raphael), inspired Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863).
See also: Raphael - mythology - Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863) - 1500s