Raphael: A Sensitive Genius – Raphael, one of the most outstanding artists of the Italian Renaissance, has left an indelible mark on the world of art. Yet, he is often overshadowed by his contemporaries Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Five hundred years after his death, a documentary aims to reintroduce this sensitive genius to the world. The documentary, guided by […]
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Renaissance Revolution episode 1: the new series on Renaissance painting, written and presented by Matthew Collings, begins with an artistic investigation into one of the most radiant and beautiful images in all of art history, The Madonna of the Meadow, painted in 1505 by Raphael. Renaissance art has become part of the 21st-century heritage industry but when Raphael
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Raphael – Italian Renaissance painter Raffaello Santi, known better simply as Raphael, who was born in 1483 and achieved so much in his 37-year life that he was considered equal to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. He was highly regarded for his many studies of the Madonna and Child, and artists adopted his idealised forms as the model
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