Renaissance

For the renaissance assignment I used Jennifer to be my model and placed her face into Raphael's portrait. Raphael was born on April 6, 1483. His full name was Raffaello Sanzio. He was born in Urbino. Raphael was said to be a handsome man, pensive and fair. He was born very talented and received training from his father, Giovanni Santi. He also learned new techniques from famous artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. He used beauty and serenity as his themes in his paintings. In 1499 he went to Perugia in Urbino and became a student and assistant of painter, Perugino. Around 1508-09 he was 25 and called to Rome by Pope Julius II to direct the decoration of the state rooms in the Vatican Palace. In 1509 he was hard at work on a suite of papal apartments. In Rome, in 1515, Raphael became the first Superintendent of Antiquities. In 1515-16 he painted ten large water color scales. He found the cultural and intellectual climate very exciting in Rome.

In 14th and 17th centuries it was the Renaissance Era, it began in italy and spread to the rest of Europe. The renaissance is best known for its artistic developments and their contributions of such polymaths as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, who inspired the term “Renaissance man”. At this time art flourished especially in Florence. During this era light, colour and space were incorporated into the artists paintings.  Renaissance art marks the transition of Europe from the medieval period to the early modern age. During the renaissance era artists got a new place in society and art began to expand and became more beautiful to society, they realized the true skill and technique and recognized that art was more then just a  “craft”. Renaissance art and Middle ages art were different in many ways, they focused there art on the beauty of the human body and religion where the Middle Ages didn’t. Christianity was a main theme during this Era. The paintings became 3D  art, using horizon lines vanishing points and introduced techniques using depth to make the paintings and artwork more life like.