Author: Edd Wasson-Beese

Raphael’s “The School of Athens” is probably one of his most glorious and distinguished works that he produced during his successful, but sadly short career. It displays many of the techniques and artistic evolutions brought about in the late 15th and early 16th centuries during the period of the high renaissance, making it an excellent example of…Continue readingThe School of Athens – Raphael

Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520 CE) was an Italian artist who was active during the period of the High Renaissance, a period in art where the ideals of humanism and realism flourished.  Raphael was one of three masters (the others being Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) and Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)) who produced work that broke ground with depth, posture…Continue readingChrist Falling on the Way to Calvary – Raphael