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Getting to Know the Artists

The Renaissance, which took place between the 14th and 17th centuries, was a period of cultural and artistic flourishing across Europe. Nowadays, the era is mostly famous for its art, which includes some of the most iconic and beautiful pieces of all time. The introduction of linear perspective changed art greatly during the Renaissance, allowing a new aesthetic in paintings and frescoes of the period. In general, the Renaissance was a revolution in realism, with artists and sculptors developing new techniques to make their works more lifelike than ever before.

The Renaissance was full of incredible artists, and you can become an expert in the field by studying four of the most important. If you want to avoid looking cray at your next museum visit, this is who you need to know in Renaissance art. (And before you ask: yes, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were named after the most famous Italian artists from the Renaissance.)

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Raphael was enormously productive and, despite his early death at thirty-seven, a large body of his work remains, especially in the Vatican. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, but after his death the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when his more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models.

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Florentine sculptor during the Early Renaissance who bridged the gap between classicism and the then-emerging Renaissance ideals.

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Raphael for Kids --Famous Artists For Kids

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Artist Ashley Krieger teaches kids about the famous artist Raphael and we draw angels like the one in the Sistine Madonna using simple supplies. This lesson is perfect for beginner artists and kids.

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Renaissance. Like Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael had many interests other than painting. He studied archaeology, poetry, history, and architecture. This post will focus mostly on his art.

Raphael was born in Urbino, Italy in 1483. His mother died when he was only 8 years old. His father was talented and taught Raphael a great deal about art. Saddly, he died only three years after Raphael's mother.

Raphael lived with his uncle for awhile and then with his stepmother. Soon he became the apprentice to Pietro Perugino. Raphael was a fully trained master in 1501.

When he was 21 years old, Raphael moved to Florence. In Florence, he met Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. He studied the work of many masters and improved his own art. At the age of 26, Raphael was considered one of the most important painters in Italy. At the time, Florence was the center of the art world.
Raphael painted portraits of many famous and wealthy people. The one shown above is Portrait of Bindo Altoviti.
When Raphael was not painting portraits, he painted group scenes like the one shown above, School of Athens. He created many of these paintings for the Vatican in Rome. (This painting was completed on a wall in the Vatican City.) In group scenes, Raphael often used people he knew as models. Another example of a group scene is The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, shown below.
He died in 1520, leaving a large number of paintings, many of which were at the Vatican.

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Raphael Sanzio, known as Raphael, was a master painter during the Renaissance . Like Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael had many interests other tha...

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Raffaello Sanzio, usually known as Raphael ( April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520) was a Renaissance painter and architect. With Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he is one of the three greatest painters of the High Renaissance.

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Kids learn about the biography of Raphael, Italian artist, architect, and painter of the High Renaissance art movement.

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Donatello Fact 1: Donatello was born during the Renaissance period in history which began in Northern Italy during the 14th century

Donatello Fact 2: It is believed while Donatello was with the Martellis family he was given his first instructions on becoming a goldsmith.

Donatello Fact 3: He would become the apprentice of Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1403.

Donatello Fact 4: Several years later he would assist Ghiberti, having won the commission to create the bronze doors for the Florence Cathedral Baptistery. It was said his bid beat the likes of Filippo Brunelleschi.

Donatello Fact 5: Donatello travelled to Rome with Brunelleschi and together they excavated and studied. They earned a reputation for being treasure seekers.

Donatello Fact 6: While living in Rome, he earned his living as a goldsmith.

Donatello Fact 7: It is believed the work of both Donatello and Brunelleschi was very influential at this time in the development of the artists of this era.

Donatello Fact 8: For two years from 1409 he worked on a monumental task of creating Saint John the Evangelist in a seated position.

Donatello Fact 9: It was this piece of work that denoted the change in his work from the Gothic Mannerism to a much more natural and lifelike feel in the facial features and the shoulders, the way they hands fold in relaxation and the way the cloth folds over the knees is far more realistic.

Donatello Fact 10: For the next couple of years Donatello worked on a statue for the guild church of Orsanmichele. The statue was of St Mark.

Donatello Fact 11: From 1416 for the next eleven years Donatello was busy creating five statues in Florence for the campanile of Santa Maria del Fiore, known as the Beardless Prophet, Bearded Prophet, the Sacrifice of Isaac, Habbakuk and Jeremiah.

Donatello Fact 12: In 1425 he was asked, together with Michelozzo, to work together on the monument funerary for Antipope John XXIII in Florence for the Battistero.

Donatello Fact 13: He was further asked to complete a funerary monument for Cardinal Rainaldo Branacci in Naples at the church of Sant'Angelo a Nilo at the same time creating reliefs for the Feast of Herod and statues of Hope and Faith for the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Siena.

Donatello Fact 14: Cosimo de' Medici was a leading patrol of the arts during this period and commissioned Donatella to create for him the statue of David in bronze.

Donatello Fact 15: This bronze statue of David would become the most famous body of work by Donatello.

Donatello Fact 16: With Cosimo exiled from Florence, he travelled to Rome and remained there until 1433.

Donatello Fact 17: Returning to Florence in 1434 Donatello signed a contract to create a marble pulpit for the Prato cathedrals façade. This would be the last collaboration between Donatello and Michelozzo.

Donatello Fact 18: Commissioned by the heirs of condottiero Erasmo da Narni he travelled to Padua where he spent 17 years creating his statue of Gattamelata, an equestrian statue placed in the square and facing the Basilica of St Anthony.

Donatello Fact 19: During the same period he also created four immensely important reliefs depicting scenes from the life of St Anthony for the high altar.
Donatello Fact 20: Donatello returned to Florence and continued to work for some years before he died on December 13th 1466. His body was laid to rest in the Basilica of San Lorenzo right next to that of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder.

Notable Events of the Renaissance and during the life of Donatello include: In 1421 the first patent was granted in Florence for a barge with hoists to be used to transport marble. The Hundred Years War ends with the French capturing Bordeaux, the last holding of the English except for Calais, a port city and the Wars of the Roses begins in England.

List of Famous Works by Donatello:

St Mark c. 1411 - 1413
St George Tabernacle c.1415 - 1417
The Feast of Herod c.1425
David c.1425 - 1430
Madonna of the Clouds c.1425 - 1430
Magdalene Penitent c.1455
Virgin with Child with Four Angels or Chellini Madonna c.1456

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Donatello was one of the greatest Italian Renaissance artists. He influenced the renaissance by his new and improved way of international gothic sculpture. "International gothic, a style of graceful, softly curved lines strongly influenced by northern European art" He was serious at his work which has worked successfully through the decades.

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