Raphaels World
Raphaels World Hailed by his contemporaries as "the divine painter," Raphael Sanzio of Urbino ( 1483-15200 was one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance. Born thirty years after the…
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Raphaels World
Hailed by his contemporaries as "the divine painter," Raphael Sanzio of Urbino ( 1483-15200 was one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance. Born thirty years after the invention of the printing press and nine years before the discovery of the New World, Raphael harnessed the new techniques of printing and the riches which flowed from the Americas into Europe in the early 16th century. A contemporary of Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael was sought out by popes, kings and aristocrats to decorate their residences.Michael Collins' new biography, Raphael's World, portrays the era in which the divine painter lived.
Pope Julius II commissioned him to decorated his apartments at the Vatican while Pope Leo X appointed him architect of the new St. The political map of Europe was changing as Raphael painted for his wealthy patrons. Peter's which replaced the