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May 9, 2024 · Raphael (born April 6, 1483, Urbino, Duchy of Urbino [Italy]—died April 6, 1520, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican.
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- Why is Raphael so important?Raphael was one of the most talented painters of the Italian Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and f...
- What is Raphael famous for?Raphael is probably most famous for his paintings, including Madonna in the Meadow (1505/06), School of Athens (c. 1508–11), Sistine Madonna (1512/...
- What was Raphael’s family like?Raphael was born to Giovanni Santi, a painter, and Magia di Battista Ciarla, both of whom died when Raphael was a child. Biographer Giorgio Vasari...
- How was Raphael educated?Raphael’s father, a painter, offered his son his first lessons. Raphael later joined Perugino’s workshop about the 1490s, but scholars debate wheth...
- How did Raphael die?Raphael died of a fever at the age of 37. Biographer Giorgio Vasari mentions Raphael’s love of women and alleges that the fever was caused by a nig...
15 hours ago · After the death of Federico da Montefeltro in 1482, Urbino‘s political and cultural influence began to wane. The city‘s strategic location, once an asset, became a liability as the balance of power shifted in Italy. In 1631, the city was annexed by the Papal States, and its glory days as an independent duchy came to an end.
May 16, 2024 · Leo X was one of the leading Renaissance popes (reigned 1513–21). He made Rome a cultural center and a political power, but he depleted the papal treasury. By failing to take the Protestant Reformation seriously, he contributed to the dissolution of the Western church.
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3 days ago · Central Italy was governed by the Pope as a temporal kingdom known as the Papal States. This situation persisted through the Renaissance but began to deteriorate with the rise of modern nation-states in the early modern period.
2 days ago · The 1492 papal conclave was the first to be held in the Sistine Chapel, the site of all conclaves since 1878. A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. Catholics consider the pope to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and the earthly head of the Catholic Church ...
May 13, 2024 · Pope Nicholas III began the first of the many buildings known today as papal palaces. In the Renaissance Pope Nicholas V rebuilt the north and west walls of the palace of Nicholas III and founded the Vatican Apostolic Library, making use of such architects as Leon Battista Alberti and Bernardo Rossellino.
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