Raphael, Self-Portrait, 1506 Oil on wood, Uffizi Galleria. RAPHAEL Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Sanzi, and Raffaello Santi Place of Birth - Urbino, Italy 1483 – 1520 Died of a fever aged 37 years old Served as an apprentice to Andrea del Verrocchio Supported by The Medici Family and Pope Leo X

Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna, 1507

Raphael Madonna dell Granduca c Oil on wood.

Raphael’s Madonnas Sistine Madonna, c Cowper Madonna, c1505.

Madonna della Sedia Alba Madonna Raphael’s Madonnas

Raphael, Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, c Oil on canvas.

Raphael Marriage of the Virgin, Florence, Italy, 1504 According to the Golden Legend (a 13th century collection of stories about saints’ lives), Joseph competed against other suitors for Mary’s hand in marriage. The high priest was to give the Virgin to whichever suitor presented to him a rod that had miraculously bloomed. Raphael depicted Joseph with his flowering rod and about to place Mary’s wedding ring on her extended hand. Other virgins congregate at the left, and the unsuccessful suitors stand on the right.

The ‘Raphael Stanze’ Pope Julius II Della Rovere commissioned 25 year old Raphael Sanzio in 1508 to paint the frescos in his four room apartment on the top floor. Three of the rooms were of modest dimensions, while the fourth one was considerably larger; with the completion of the work, the rooms became known as "The Raphael Stanze".

Veronese, Feast in the House of Levi,1573 Oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

TITIAN Titian had a creative career during which he produced splendid religious, mythological, and portrait paintings, original in conception and vivid with color and movement Titian, Penitent Mary Magdalen 1560s, Oil on canvas.

Titian, The Pesaro Altarpiece, , canvas, San Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Titian. Venus of Urbino Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.

Titian. Bacchus and Ariadne Oil on canvas. The National Gallery.

Palladio, Villa Rotonda, HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Palladio studied Vitruius’ De Architectura book Palladio wrote his own book, entitled The Four Books of Architecture that would greatly influence American colonies later Villa Rotonda includes Romand and Etruscan qualities The building has four different vistas or views

Palladio’s sketches of the Villa Rotonda

Palladio, Villa Rotonda, HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

Pope Julius II  Laid the foundation for the new St. Peter’s in Rome (designed originally by Bramante)  Commissioned Michelangelo to create a painted ceiling for the Sistine Chapel  Commisioned Raphael to paint the four hemicycles in the Stanza della Signatura (the Pope’s apartment)

Giorgione, The Pastoral Concert, HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Also attributed to Titian Combines the Greek idealism with a pastoral (or “shepherd”) setting Not intended to convey a plot, but rather an idyllic, romantic setting

Giorgione, The Pastoral Concert, HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE