Raffaello SanzioRaffaello was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance. Raphael painted and designed many brilliant works and rooms within the Vatican. He was a master in such necessities of modern art as depth, perspective and the use of light and shadow, and was the turning point in painting styles such as the use of Madonnas in paintings. During his short life, Raphael created some of the most majestic, beautiful, and influential works of art of the Italian Renaissance. Raphael, whose full name was Raphael Sanzio, (also known as Raphael Sanzi), was born on April 6, 1483. He was born in the city of Urbino, Italy, where he spent his childhood until the age of 11. His father, Giovanni Sanzio, was a painter at the court of Federigo da Montefeltro and, as well as a painter, he was a bit of a poet. As a boy, Raphael learned the basics of painting and art from his father. However, he would not live long with his father; as his mother had done several years earlier, Raphael's father died when Raphael was 11 years old. After his father's death, Raphael went to the city of Perugia to become an apprentice to the painter Pietro Perugino. Perugino was a highly respected artist during the Italian Renaissance. He had painted works in the Vatican and had also created masterpieces such as Christ Giving the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter and The Deposition. For the ten to eleven years that Raphael studied and assisted Perugino, Raphael chose the habit of shadow and light, and with Perugino Raphael learned what he is very famous for: depth and perspective. After Perugino's training, Raphael would eventually become a better artist than Perugino himself. However, even with Perug...... middle of paper...... He was not only a brilliant painter as I described, but also a good person who was liked by many people. The Vatican liked Raphael so much that, before his death, there was talk of his appointment as cardinal. Raffaello Stanzio died on his birthday, 6 April 1520, at the age of 37. RAfcbvdb RA Works such as The School of Athens and The Marriage of the Virgin are some of the most famous works created during the Italian Renaissance. On Raphael's tomb, Cardinal Bembo, a great scholar of the time, wrote: "This is Raphael's tomb, where he lived and ensured that Mother Nature's Fear was conquered by him and, as he died, she too died." grave, where he lived caused Mother Nature's fear to be conquered by him and, as he died, he died too." (Perry, p.334)bibliography-http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html? /bio/r/raphael/biograph.html