The School of Athens and Raphael’s Portrayal of: Diogenes, Heraclitus,

Raphael was born on April 6, 1483 in Urbino in the Marche region. In 1491 when Raphael was eight, his stimulate died. Bette Talvacchia, author of Raphael cites that not much is known about Raphaels personal life because he kept to himself about galore(postnominal) things, but many historians believe that his personal life is portrayed through his pigmentings (8). Richard Cocke, author of The eject Paintings of Raphael states that at the age of seventeen Raphael began to gain popularity as an artist and was, at that time, first commissioned as an artist (Cocke 83). Raphael was known for his historical paintings, such as The School of Athens, the way he painted the nude, and his amazing cogency to make colors look vivid using oil paint (Cocke 5). Historical paintings are a type of painting genera that focuses on the fabrication line rather that one specific moment, as in a portrait. Also, when painting with oil paint, it is difficult to make colors bright, so Raphael excel led at that. One of Raphaels styles that he used was idealization rather than realism. Richard Cocke notes that Raphael himself wrote to his confederate Castiglione in 1514 about the problem of painting a beautiful cleaning woman I use a certain idea, which comes into my mind. (5) Also, many of Raphaels self-portraits fork out him dressed up as an elegant man rather than an artist, leaders some to believe that he did not want to be viewed as an artist (Talvacchia 8). Raphael has an amazing ability to keep his artwork well equilibrize and organized (Talvacchia 8). Bette Talvacchia discussesOne of Raphaels primary contributions to painting was to perfect the uniformity of classicizing technique with the tenets of naturalism. When composing a figure, for example, he referred to the visual evi... ... century. It is a everlasting invitation to think, reflect, and grow in knowledge. Works CitedBell, Daniel O. New Identifications in Raphaels School of Athens. The cunning Bu lletin 77.4 Dec. (1995) 643. Google Scholar . Web. 24 Apr. 2012.Cocke, Richard. The Complete Paintings of Raphael. N.p. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. 5-102. Print.Hall, Marcia, ed. Raphaels School of Athens. Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1997. 42. Print.Kahn, Charles H. The cunning and Thought of Heraclitus. Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1979. 2. Google Scholar . Web. 17 May 2012.Matthews, Roy T., F D. Platt, and F X. Noble. The Hesperian Humanities. 7th ed. New York McGraw Hill, 2011. 346-55. Print.Sandbach, F H. The Stoics. 2nd ed. Bedminister The Bristol Press, 1989. 14. Print.Talvacchia, Bette. Raphael. New York Phaidon Press Limited, 2007. 8-90. Print.