Raphael

**Overview**
Raphael's full name is Rapheallo Sanzio he was born on the 28th of March 1483 in the Italian city, Urbino and died April 6th 1520 at the early age of 37. When he was eight he got an apprenticeship in a workshop and his first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
Raphael was not insanely rich but not poor either, he earned his wealth throughout his life from his architecture and painting. Raphael had created many workshops, with at least 50 pupils and assistance attending. He first became a major artist in the renaissance because of his printmaking. Raphael was well known in the renaissance world.

**Major Achievements**

He was an Italian painter and architecture. Raphael is best known for his Madonna's,

There are several art works of Madonna alone or accompanied by the infant Christ. Some of his achievements include 'The School of Athens'

    'Sistine Madonna' and 'The Transfiguration’. The school of Athens reflects the themes Philosophy and a poetic type of art. Raphael was named architecture of the new 'Saint Peter's' in 1514. Unfortunately most of his work there was demolished after his death, but he designed many other buildings in Rome in his short but busy life. At the time these buildings were the most important architecture in Rome.

     During Raphael's time had had many great achievements that have not been listed such as the Parnassus and Disputa.

**Impacts and why he was important**
Raphael was very important during the renaissance because his artworks had shown a lot of beauty and brilliance of renaissance pieces. There are so many other famous and meaningful paintings of Raphael.
Raphael's are had inspired and got people wandering about art influencing them up to the 1900's(this was during the renaissance and after).
All of this helped with the huge impact on the renaissance along with the knack of being able to put emotion and personality into his paintings. Many people think of Raphael as the man who changed the art world in lots of different aspects.

**How he's linked to the renaissance**
His link to the renaissance is his paintings and inspiration. Although he was also deeply involved in architecture but did not have designs as significant as his paintings.

**How we look at them now?**
Nowadays people still admire Raphael's artworks and believe he was one of the geniuses of renaissance painters, considering he really captured every detail. Raphael is still classified as one of the best painters in the renaissance.
**Other information**
In the last years of his life-1908- Raphael had moved to Rome. While in Rome Raphael had been called by the pope, he was suggested by another architect named Donato Bramante.
Raphael had risen his way to fame in Rome that people had even begun calling him 'Prince of painters'. His first task in Rome had been to paint and design Frescoes suits in apartments.
Raphael had become the most important Portraitist in the early 1600's. He had introduced new and different types of presentation and different events, situations, etc. for his sitters.
When he died in 1520 his funeral had been held at Vatican and his body was buried in the pantheon in Rome.

Bibliography

https://www.quora.com/Why-was-Raphael-Sanzio-important-to-the-Renaissance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael

http://brock5raphael.weebly.com/raphaels-legacy.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Raphael-Italian-painter-and-architect