Master & Apprentice


Pietro Pergino & Raffaello Sanzio

At his childhood Raphael " early came under the influence of Perugino, and ma have worked in his studio. His ... the Marriage of the Virgin ... are in the style of Perugino, though already ... there is a sureness of touch, a power of suggesting the volumes that hi line encloses, which Perugino never equalled." <The Oxford Companion of Art>



<Credit to Mark Harden>
Title The Marriage of the Virgin (Sposalizio) The Betrothal of the Virgin (Sposalizio)
Artist <Master>
Pietro Perugino		 <Apprentice>
Raffaello Sanzio
Date 1500 - 1504 1504
Size 236cm x 186cm 170cm x 118cm
Original location S.Angelo Chapel, Perugia Cathedral S.Francesco Cathedral, Citta di Castello
Current location Caen Art Museum, Caen Brera Museum, Milan
Material &
 Technique		 Oil on panel Oil on panel
Source & Symbol Script in the front of the temple (Raphaello)
"RAPHAEL VRBINAS MAIIII" --- Raphael of Urbino 1504

Marriage of the Virgin
Stated in the Golden Legend (late 13c)
Maria was brought up in a temple. She chose Joseph among the other suitors when a branch he held bloomed flower. The seven maiden who lived with Maria in the temple witnessed the episode.
In the painting, the seven maidens are shown at the back of Maria. At the back of Joseph, the suitors are standing with branches in their hands. The background is the temple where Maria lived.




His style developed acquiring technique of the great masters.




Painting
Part/Web Gallery of Art
Part/Web Gallery of Art
Data
  • The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1510
  • Oil on panel
  • 168.5 x 130cm
  • The Servites in Florence (original)
  • Musee du Louvre, Paris
  • La Belle Jardiniere
  • Raphaello Sanzio
  • 1507
  • Oil on panel
  • 122 x 80cm
  • Musee du Louvre, Paris
Technique Pyramid form
Chiaroscuro (light and dark modulated to create effects of modelling)
Sfumato (misty, soft blending of colours)
Aerial perspective (indicate distance by grading tones and muting colour contrasts)



Painting
Part/ Web Gallery of Art
Part/Web Gallery of Art
Data
  • The Marriage of St Catherine of Siena
  • Fra Bartolommeo
  • 1511
  • Oil on panel
  • 257 x 228cm
  • Convent of San Marco in Florence(original)
  • Musee du Louvre, Paris
  • The Sistine Madonna
  • Raphaello Sanzio
  • 1513-14
  • Oil on canvas
  • 265 x 196cm
  • Convent of St Sixtus in Piacenza(original)
  • Gemaldegaleri, Dresden
Technique Three-dimensional forms with light and shade
Contraposto (a way of representing the various parts of the body so that they are obliquely balanced around a central vertical axis)
One figure corresponds another, one gesture echoes another, which make rhythm



Painting
Part/Web Gallery of Art
Part/Web Gallery of Art
Data
  • Isaiah
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
  • 1509
  • Fresco,
  • 365 x 380 cm
  • Cappella Sistina, Vatican(Original)
  • Cappella Sistina, Vatican
  • The Prophet Isaiah
  • Raphaello Sanzio
  • 1511-12
  • Fresco,
  • 250 x 155 cm
  • For Johannes Goritz of Luxembourg, Head Chancellor of the Papal Court (Original)
  • S. Agostino, Rome
Technique Expression of human body
"To Michelangelo the male body made in God's image represented the summit of physical and spiritual beauty..." <A World History of Art>



BACK
HOME

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1