Raphael's Accomplishments

The start of the renaissance was a time of great change and reform. It signaled the start of a new era in history, an era where more and more people can learn. It is also a time where many great artists lived, artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. All three of these artists are known all around the world as the best of the renaissance era. They made many pieces, sculptures and designed many buildings. One would think that the one who lived the shortest life would not have as much surviving pieces, but Raphael even with his short life created many masterpieces. The School of Athens, many Madonna pieces, the Cherubini, and the Triumph of Galatea are just some of his more famous pieces. The School of Athens may be the most
The pope called Raphael because he wanted only the best painters to paint in the Vatican. Pope Julius II had heard of the work that Raphael had done in Florence and of all the good things people said about him, and he believed that Raphael would be perfectly suited to paint his personal apartments. The frescoes that Raphael painted in the papal apartments led to the growth of his popularity and fame, also since he was able to paint for the pope and many other powerful people around Rome who recommended his work. The first paintings he did in Rome were the frescoes in the papal apartments in Vatican from 1508 to 1524. He then went on to paint the Triumph of Galatea and other works at Villa Farnesina in 1511 and his last painting in 1520 was the Transfiguration, which is in the Vatican Museums now. He also did many other pieces such as Madonnas, frescoes in churches, and the tapestries for the Vatican during the time that he was not working on the main pieces he did in Rome. He became known for his Madonnas and large figure compositions in Rome. Raphael then died in 1520 on his 37th birthday from a high
He enjoyed their styles but “he wished to develop a calmer and more-extroverted style that would serve as a popular, universally accessible form of visual communication” (Britannica, pg. 2). The styles of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo were more to create perfect works that strove to be as close to heaven as possible. Raphael, while he enjoyed this perfection wanted his pieces to be a bit more personal. In his works, Raphael sought perfection but he did not let it rule him so much that you could not imagine yourself there like Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo did. While there was a sense of detachment with his works they were done in a way that a person could imagine themselves into the painting or could envision seeing one of the people from his pieces walking around the street. One such piece would be The Triumph of Galatea, when Raphael finished painting it many people asked him who the model was for Galatea because she was beautiful; however she was not a real person. He had taken the most attractive attributes from the women around him and combined them to create this perfect woman. A style technique that Raphael tried to implement towards the end of his life was combining two stories, two time periods, and two events into one piece. He did this in his last piece the Transfiguration. It is a painting that “illustrates two episodes narrated