FGCU Academy: Raphael: The Forgotten Master of the Renaissance

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Raphael: The Forgotten Master of the Renaissance
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WB0205 – October 5 at 10am – 11:15am, Monday

When we think of the greatest artists of the High Renaissance in Italy, the names that immediately come to mind are the so-called "Big Three," Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael. Raphael has not retained the star power draw of the others for modern audiences. Leonardo and Michelangelo still attract throngs of visitors for special exhibitions and invoke passion in Art Historians. Raphael, if mentioned at all, is remembered chiefly as the painter of insipid religious pictures, without the creativity and human insight of Leonardo, or the heroic nudes and power of Michelangelo. On the 500th anniversary of his death at the age of 37, Raphael's works deserve to be revisited and given the credit they are due. Raphael was a painter of tremendous virtuosity and energy, wide ranging in his talents, and capable of absorbing and transforming the latest stylistic innovations. Take a journey back to Renaissance Italy as we visit Raphael's home in Urbino, then trace his revealing journey to Florence, where he meets Leonardo, and finally, travel with the artist to Rome, where he is employed by successive Popes in decorating the Vatican, and producing some of the most sublime paintings in the world. Learn why European painters for generations defined the so-called "Grand Manner" of painting as originating in the works of Raphael. Instructor: James Pagliaro