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Raphael or Raffaello ( 6th April 1483 – 6th April 1520 - see note below), also called Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello da Urbino or Rafael Sanzio de Urbino, was a painter and architect of the Florentine school in the Italian High Renaissance.
His life was described in Giorgio Vasari's Vite. Born in Urbino, he studied in Perugia under Pietro Perugino; but after moving to Florence he soon adopted the styles of Leonardo and Michelangelo.
Raphael is best known for his MadonnaMadonna is a medieval Italian term for a noble or otherwise important woman. In modern usage, only the nobility usage survived; the word has also been adopted by the English language. The term "madonna" is widely used in art, especially by Renaissance pais and Holy families and for his large frescoXIV Century fresco featuring Saint Sebastian Note: Fresco is the NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. In painting, the term fresco (pl. frescoes comes from the Italian phrase buon fresco ("really fresh") a technical term in opposition to ines in the VaticanVatican may refer to: Holy See Roman Curia Vatican City Vatican Hill Vatican Palace Vatican Library. Palace. In 1509Events February 2 Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India. April 22 Henry VIII becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. April 27 Pope Julius II places Venice under interdict. May 14 Battle of Agnadello French forces defeat the Venet indeed, he was called to RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman to decorate the VaticanVatican may refer to: Holy See Roman Curia Vatican City Vatican Hill Vatican Palace Vatican Library. Stanze (rooms), for Pope Julius IIJulius II ne Giuliano della Rovere ( December 5, 1443 February 21, 1513), was pope from 1503 to 1513. He was the son of a brother of Sixtus IV. By his uncle, who took him under his special charge, he was educated among the Franciscans, and latterly sent t. The best known of these works are the School of Athens and the Disputation on the Blessed Sacrament, two large, arch-shaped frescoes, the first depicting the pagan philosophers of Antiquity grouped around Plato and Aristotle and the second depicting Christian theologians grouped under Jesus Christ.
Under Pope Leo X he was chief architect of Saint Peter's Basilica in 1514 and he was named as a sort of supervisor for Roman archaeology research.
He died on his thirty-seventh birthday in Rome (reportedly just weeks before Leo was to invest him as a cardinal) and was interred there in the Pantheon, the country's most honored place.