Raphael, Self-Portrait, 1506Oil on wood, Uffizi Galleria.

RAPHAEL

Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Sanzi, and Raffaello Santi

Place of Birth - Urbino, Italy

1483 – 1520

Died of a fever aged 37 years old

Served as an apprentice to Andrea del Verrocchio

Supported by The Medici Family and Pope Leo X

Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna, 1507

Raphael

Madonna dell Granduca c. 1505

Oil on wood.

Raphael’s Madonnas

Sistine Madonna, c.1513-1514. Cowper Madonna, c1505.

Madonna della Sedia Alba Madonna

Raphael’s Madonnas

Raphael, Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione,

c. 1514-15Oil on canvas.

RaphaelMarriage of the Virgin,

Florence, Italy, 1504

According to the Golden Legend (a 13th century

collection of stories about saints’ lives), Joseph

competed against other suitors for Mary’s hand in marriage. The high priest

was to give the Virgin to whichever suitor presented

to him a rod that had miraculously bloomed.

Raphael depicted Joseph with his flowering rod and

about to place Mary’s wedding ring on her

extended hand. Other virgins congregate at the

left, and the unsuccessful suitors stand on the right.

The ‘Raphael Stanze’

Pope Julius II Della Rovere commissioned 25 year old Raphael Sanzio in 1508 to

paint the frescos in his four room apartment on

the top floor. Three of the rooms were of modest dimensions, while the

fourth one was considerably larger; with

the completion of the work, the rooms became

known as "The Raphael Stanze" .

Veronese, Feast in the House of Levi,1573Oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

TITIAN

Titian had a creative career during which he produced splendid religious, mythological, and portrait paintings, original in conception and vivid with color and movement

Titian, Penitent Mary Magdalen 1560s, Oil on canvas.

Titian, The Pesaro Altarpiece, 1522-26, canvas, San Maria Gloriosa dei

Frari, Venice

Titian. Venus of Urbino. 1538. Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.

Titian. Bacchus and Ariadne. 1520-1522. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery.

Palladio, Villa Rotonda, 1566-1570. HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

Palladio studied Vitruius’ De Architectura book

Palladio wrote his own book, entitled The Four Books of Architecture that would greatly influence American colonies later

Villa Rotonda includes Romand and Etruscan qualities

The building has four different vistas or views

Palladio’s sketches of the Villa Rotonda

Palladio, Villa Rotonda, 1566-1570. HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

Pope Julius II

Laid the foundation for the new St. Peter’s in Rome (designed originally by Bramante)

Commissioned Michelangelo to create a painted ceiling for the Sistine Chapel

Commisioned Raphael to paint the four hemicycles in the Stanza della Signatura (the Pope’s apartment)

Giorgione, The Pastoral Concert, 1509. HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

Also attributed to Titian

Combines the Greek idealism with a pastoral (or “shepherd”) setting

Not intended to convey a plot, but rather an idyllic, romantic setting

Giorgione, The Pastoral Concert, 1509. HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE