Background
on the artist
Raffael
Sanzio was born in the year 1483 April 6 at a town known as Urbino. The
very concept that defined him is that his interest in painting began at a very
early age since his father was also a painter. During the period that he lived
with his father, he was able to learn some of the vital styles in painting. He
never struggled in life since his family had a wealthy background hence such
acted as a proper platform for him to succeed. His works had some of the
admiration due to the clarity, ease and the mode of composition in the proper
achievement of Neoplatonic ideal. He was truly a master of that particular
period. He died prematurely at 37 years though at that age he had made an
impact, and most of his works remain stored and displayed in the Vatican. His
life span can be categorized into three phases: early years in Umbria, four
years absorbing the different artistic techniques in Florence, then his last
twelve years in Rome working for two Popes.
Raphael received various recognitions
and the Vatican called him to have some more work done for them. The most
notable pieces of work that he accomplished outside the Vatican premise were
the series of ten cartoons. Those works indeed portrayed the way in which
Raphael had changed in the methods of doing work. He had big workshops that
were recognized as the largest ever owned by a master such experience came from
his childhood experience with his father’s studio. Some of the techniques that
Raphael was accredited on using and well conversant with was on the use of
metal point technique. This type of procedure did involve the use of sharp
point ends of silver to have the sketches down (Palou 127). Through various
drawings that he has done, he can be considered to be a unique artist. As an
example to show the unique style that Raphael has, we can check at one of his
work that is the School of Athens the beauty of the artistic work that he had
deeply reflected the deep aspirations that he had engraved in his character.
That pointing in its essence holds a descriptive side and more so the artist
himself was concentrated in identifying that with the people.
Raphael
Style
He was a Renaissance painter that had
ideal thoughts and as such portrayed them to his works. He was able to achieve this by making sure
that he was able to unify the movements of his figures and to connect the
spaces that he had created into one integrated artistic work. The method in which Raphael was able to
arrange the images is not unique, but he had a way in which he was able to
connect the various objects in one particular model. His images seemed to be
moving at times with dignity, and as such he made the process to look simple
and yet unique. As mentioned earlier, most of his motivation came from his
master, Perugino and most of the space and artistic movements that he created
can be attributed to his master (Guercio). When he moved to Florence, he became
influenced by the various artists that had been practicing painting for some
years. He adopted some of the styles such as connoisseurs and with such
ingenuity made Leonard da Vince use his work. In his later years, he settled,
working in Rome and by that time the use of oil technique was promising due to
the various connections that he had gained working in Florence showed the never
ending interest that he had. Raphael used some unique medium to connect with
his viewers and hence he had to use the oil medium, and hence it explains the
greater depth of shadow that was always evident on her face.
Raphael was seen as a man that had a
passion in whatever he did through such love thought at some point in his
career he was criticized in the ways that he achieved. However, despite such
challenges Raphael positively was able to inspire the community around him
since through the workshops that he built he was able to employ assistants
(Reiss, 262). He had the workshop developed since in such a manner he would be
able to make sure that the talents of the young individuals never go to waste.
The ways in which I portrayed the artist did not change. One factor that I was
sure with was that he had various ways of expressing himself. More so, being
quite aware that he was wealthy and multi-talented made me through the course
of the reading see more to his story that what has been narrated. Some of the
milestones completed by the artist can be seen to be of importance, and various
people have been able to confirm such a prospect. Through his consistency, he
was able to prove that indeed his unique methods could only be attributed to
the various methods that he had of expressing himself.
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