In this presentation there are facts about Rafael's and Caravaggio's life and some of their most famous artworks.

1. RAFFAELO SANZIO DA URBINO &
MICHELANGELO MERISI DA CARAVAGGIO

2. RAFFAELLO SANZIO DA URBINO
 Italian Renaissance painter and
architect
 Born on April 6, 1489 in Urbino,
Italy
 At 11, took over father’s workshop
 In 1500, became Pietro Vannunci’s
(aka Perugino) apprentice
 Later moved to Florence in 1504
 Series of “Madonnas” from 1504-
1507
 The Entombment (1507)

3. BIOGRAPHY CONTINUED
 Moved to Rome in 1508 to paint in the
Vatican “Stanze” (Room) under Pope
Julius’ patronage
 1509-1511 Vatican’s Stanza della
Segnatura  The Triumph of
Religion & The School of Athens
 Additional fresco cycle in the Stanza
d’Eliodoro featuring The Expulsion of
Heliodorus & The Miracle of
Bolsena (1512)
 Acclaimed by 1514 for his work at the
Vatican
 Progressed into architecture

4. DEATH AND LEGACY
 April 6th, 1520 on his 37th birthday
suddenly and unexpectedly of
 Rome, Italy
 Been working on largest painting on
canvas (The Transfiguration)
 Influenced painting style of Baroque
period
 Celebrated for balanced and
harmonious “Madonnas”
 Regarded as leading artistic figure of
Italian High Renaissance classicism
THE TRANSFIGURATION

5. MADONNA DEL CARDELLINO MADONNA DEL GRANDUCA

6. MADONNA OF THE CHAIR SISTINE MADONNA

7. THE TRIUMPH OF RELIGION

9. CHAPEL SANT’ ELIGIO DELGI OREFICI

10. CARAVAGGIO
 Full name Michelangelo Merisi da
Caravaggio
 Born in Caravaggio, Italy –
September 1571
 Orphaned at 11 – the bubonic
plague
 Joined group of artists – motto:
without hope, without fear (nec
spe, nec metu)
 Apprentice to Simone Peterzano in
Milan

11.  In his 20’s moved to Rome –
assisted other artists
 1595 started selling his paintings
 Cecco – his only assistant –
appeared multiple times in his
paintings
 Worked quickly – lenses, mirrors
 Realism, naturalism
 Light, details, proportions
(problems)
 Considered to be the first great
representative of the Baroque
school!
BIOGRAPHY CONTINUED
YOUNG SICK BACCHUS

12. DEATH AND LEGACY
 Death – 18 July 1610, Port'Ercole,
Italy
 Influenced generations of painters
 Caravaggio is often referred to as
the father of modern painting !
THE SEVEN ACTS OF MERCY

13. THE DEATH OF A VIRGIN DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GILIATH

14. THE RISING OF LAZARUS THE RESURRECTION

15. NATIVITY WITH ST FRANCIS AND
ST LAWRENCE
CERASI CHAPEL, ROME