Raphael Sanzio
He is breaking a
dead stick over his knee, because he fail to win Mary's heart. Joseph's stick, on the other hand, has
blossomed.
Raphael moved to Florence, where he studied the methods of representing the play of light and
shade, anatomy, and dramatic action. During that peroid Raphael painted many pictures about
Madonnas. He was influenced by Leonardo. Madonna and the Goldfinch (ohakalind) (2.)
At the age of 25, he was called to the court of Pope Julius II to help with the redecoration in four
small rooms of the Vatican Palace. You will find there a peace of arts like The School of Athens
(3.), Parnassus (4.). There the Greek god Apollo appears surrounded by the Muses and the great
poets. The Stanza d'Eliodoro (5.) It contains scenes representing the triumph (võidutsema) of the
Roman Catholic church over its enemies. Triumph of Galatea (6.)
In Rome he evolved as a portraitist. Portrait of Julius II (7.) and became one of the greatest of all
history painters