The Real Leonardo Da Vinci by Rose Sgueglia

Author:Rose Sgueglia [Sgueglia, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY /Artists, Photographers, Architects
ISBN: 9781526761057
Google: kGc9zgEACAAJ
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Published: 2021-08-15T23:46:30.566928+00:00

Leonardo and Raffaello

Raffaello Sanzio was a master painter who, much like Leonardo, was one of the most interesting characters of the Renaissance. He was born in 1483 in Urbino and he was the son of Giovanni Santi and Maria di Battista di Nicola Ciarla. His father was, according to Vasari, a painter of no particular talent or merit but he succeeded in giving Raffaello a start when it came to basic painting techniques and humanistic philosophy. Raffaello is also mostly remembered for his Madonnas and for his large compositions in the Vatican.

Much like Leonardo and Vinci, Raffaello’s place of birth Urbino had a deep influence on his art; later he would also be inspired by other artists and by a generally stronger artistic climate in Rome and, of course, Florence. After going through his apprenticeship in Perugia, Raffaello was commissioned to work on the Coronation of the Virgin in the church of San Francesco. It was there that Raffaello was taken under the wing of another important master painter of the Renaissance, Pietro Perugino. Perugino inspired him and magisterially succeeded in influencing Raffaello’s technique and style, something which is highly recognisable in Raffaello’s first important painting, The Marriage of the Virgin, particularly when it comes to the specific stress given to the perspective and a certain delicacy when it comes to its figures. Despite this, Raffaello is remembered for taking Perugino’s style and work and bringing it to another level, a more refined, polished one.

When he moved to Florence, Raffaello was a young man who was ready to be inspired by the Renaissance and by his masters. According to Vasari, he studied the works of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Fra Bartolomeo, and he also paid particular attention to Masaccio, whose style was much closer to naturalism and represented an artistic bridge between the Gothic period and the Renaissance.

Despite this, Raffaello was particularly influenced by both Leonardo and Michelangelo, particularly when it came to Leonardo and his style. He recognised the incredible advancements of Leonardo’s painting technique and he was particularly inspired by Leonardo in producing a series of Madonnas including the Madonna of the Goldfinch, the Madonna del Prato, the Esterházy Madonna and La Belle Jardinière; he was also particularly influenced by Leonardo’s Madonna and Child and drew inspiration from Leonardo’s pyramidal compositions, as he was particularly taken by Leonardo’s capability to group figures in a single unit while giving each of them a certain and a different personality.

Raffaello also used the lighting techniques conceived by Leonardo, particularly the sfumato. Much like he had done with Perugino, Raffaello managed to take Leonardo’s technique to a whole different level by experimenting with gentler face traits in his paintings, which many have defined as sublime. Michelangelo was also a big inspiration for Raffaello, something which can be seen in The Deposition of Christ, particularly when it comes to human anatomy. Despite being deeply influenced by both Leonardo and Michelangelo, Raffaello was famous for moving away from both painters by creating a more luminous artistic style and ending up becoming a favourite with several patrons.

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