Raphael Sanzio- Individual Artists- Renaissance Artists - Video

This video explores the paintings, drawings, and life of Raphael Sanzio da Urbino. It explores the art of Raphael, a major artist of the High Renaissance in Italy. The video focuses on both his paintings and drawings. His paintings are known for his harmonious compositions, lifelike figures and serene beauty. The video looks at some of his cartoon drawings for the mural frescoes in the Stanze delle Segneture in the Vatican. The video focuses on the fresco painting School of Athens in the Stanze Delle Segnature. This painting has Plato and Aristotle, in the center among other philosophers. He equates the golden age of Greece to High Renaissance time he lived in. He studied human anatomy and perspective. He drew in both red chalk, silverpoint, and pen and ink. He captured human gesture and emotion. He created amazing portraits with psychological depth. He captured physical likeness, psychological depth, and the inner world of the person in the portrait. He was born in Urbino, but worked in both Florence and Rome. In the vatical he created fresco murals in the Stanze delle Segnature, depicting scenes from Classical literature, philosophy, and theology. The School of Athens is the most well known of these frescoes. The fresco embodies Renaissance ideals of human reason and the pursuit of knowledge. Raphael's art influenced art styles after him, like Mannerism and NeoClassicism. Both styles have graceful figures and serene beauty. Raphael's paintings are windows into the soul of humanity, capturing moments of profound beauty and deep emotion. He captures the beauty and complexity of the human experience. His paintings show a mastery of line, form and color. His paintings evoke emotion, and provoke thought- making them relevant today. We see that art has the power to elevate the human spirit.