 Raphael  Born in 1483 and died in 1520  He was a painter and an architect  Self-portrait

 In 1509, Raphael was invited to the Vatican  Vatican is a small country inside Italy that is home to the Pope  Painted a portrait of Pope Julius II

 “School of Athens”-Vatican City, Apostolic Palace  Plato and Aristotle are in the middle  Raphael is on the right

 Under Pope Leo X, Raphael became the chief architect of St. Peter’s Basilica  This is the largest Christian Church, can hold 60,000 people

 In 1515, Raphael became the director of excavations in and near Rome  Excavators dig into the ground looking for artifacts  This helped scholars locate Greek and Roman texts

 Just before Raphael died, Pope Leo X was thinking of making Raphael a Cardinal  This is the position just under the pope  The College of Cardinals elects the Pope

 Popes change their names for the following reasons  Want to have the same names as saints  Pick names of other Popes they admired  Pick traits they want to copy (Innocence)

 Born in 1475 in Caprese Italy and died in 1564  His full name was Michelangelo Buonarroti  Became an apprentice at the age of 13

 Chalk portrait of Michelangelo

 He learned the technique of fresco, which is when you paint on fresh plaster before it dries  This is the technique he would use when he painted the Sistine Chapel

Sistine Chapel

 Michelangelo spent a lot of time with Lorenzo de Medici until he died  Michelangelo completed the statue called “David” in 1504

 “Pieta”

 Michelangelo decorated the tomb of Pope Julius II  He worked on the Sistine Chapel ceiling from Sistine Chapel  It is believed that he did not bathe the entire time

 Pope Julius II’s tomb

 In 1534, Michelangelo left Florence for Rome  This is where he spent the rest of his life  Michelangelo painted “The Last Judgment” in the wall behind the altar in Sistine Chapel

 “The Last Judgment”  Very controversial because of nude pictures

Michelangelo’s tomb in Florence