V & A (n.d) Biography of Raphael. Retrieved from
Short Biography on Raphael
Raphael was born in Urbino. He was the son of a painter. He
showed skill in the arts and painting at a very young age. Around the time of
1500 he began to study under Perugino. He began to create altar pieces for
churches in Perugia. His paintings began to take a resemblance to Perugino’s.
This style showed delicately posed figures with a lack of strong contraposition.
In 1505 he left moved to Florence were he began painting
many popular scenes of the virgin and child. Now away from Perugino his style
began to change and he started to develop his own skillset.
In 1508 Pope Julius beckoned Raphael to Rome. Raphael
remained here the rest of his life devoting his work and time to painting and
creating art for the Vatican palace. He created elaborate frescoes for Pope
Julius. These frescos showed biblical subjects. An example of his work for
Julius is the School of Athens. His commissions form Pope Leo led to him
creating the Famous Sistine tapestries in the Sistine Chapel. Under the commission
of Pope Leo, Raphael also broaden his knowledge in archeology and architecture.
All of this work he created in Rome and mostly the cartoon tapestries brought
him fame and admiration. To this day his regarded as one of the greatest
artists/painters of his time.
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