Response to text: Raphael

Raphael

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1. Who is renowned as the greatest painters of the High Renaissance?

1. Donatello                                   b) Raphael

      c) Michelangelo                                       d) Leonardo 

2. Which painting is Raphael best known for? 

a) Mona Lisa                       b) David

c) Madonna                     d) Gabriel

3. Who were Raphael’s earlier mentors for his craft?

a) Leonardo da Vinci     b) Pietro Perugino

c) Giovanni Santi     d) Magia di Battista 

4. Why is Giovanni Santi significant in Raphael’s life?

→Because he was Raphael's father and Raphael's first teacher, but he died when Raphael was only eleven.

5. True or False:  Raphael had a pleasant childhood.  

a) True b) False

Explain your answer:

=>I think he had the worst childhood that I can imagine, it's because his mother died when he was nine, his father died when he was eleven, and his siblings died when they were young. A lot of bad things happened in his childhood but he still got through it and is one of the greatest painters of the High Renaissance. 

6.  Why would Raphael choose to be an apprentice of Pietro Perugino?

1. Because Perugine was famous around the world for his work

2. He had an important commission working on the Sistine Chapel 

3. He had no one to select from.

4. Leonardo & Michelangelo didn’t like him

7. With the artwork from Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?

1. Pointillism collage

b) comic art

c) human beauty, nature, religion deities

d) Painting, sculptures