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The Renaissance is my favorite part of history to learn about as the Renaissance was a time of rebirth that led to artistic and scientific enlightenment. Particularly in Painting, numerous of artist a rose creating new techniques and musical modes not used before such as fresco, tempera and oil paintings. Particulary the Works of the Italian Renaissance puma and architect Raphael,born Raffaello Sanzio on April 6, 1483, in Urbino, Italy and is now cognise for his most famous works in the Vatican in Rome, Italy. At the time of Raphales birth, Urbino was a cultural center that encouraged the Arts. Raphaels father, Giovanni Santi, was a painter for the Duke of Urbino, Federigo da Montefeltro. Giovanni taught his young son Raphael basic painting techniques and exposed him to the principles of humanistic philosophy at the Duke of Urbinos court. In 1494, when Raphael was just 11 years old, Giovanni died. Raphael therefore took over the daunting task of managing his fathers w orkshop. His success in this role quickly surpassed his fathers. Raphael was soon considered one of the finest painters in town. As a teen, he was even commissioned to paint for the Church of San Nicola in the neighboring town of Castello. In 1500 a master painter named Pietro Vannunci, otherwise known as Perugino, invited Raphael to become his apprentice in Perugia, in the Umbria region of central Italy. In Perugia, Perugino was working on frescoes at the Collegio del Cambia. The apprenticeship lasted four years and provided Raphael with the opportunity to gain some(prenominal) knowledge and hands-on experience. During this period, Raphael developed his own unique painting style, as exhibited in the religious works the Mond Crucifixion, The Three Graces, The Knigh... ...ld come to define the architectural style of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. On April 6, 1520, Raphaels 37th birthday, he died suddenly and unexpectedly of mysterious causes in Rome, Italy. He had been working on his largest painting on canvas, The Transfiguration at the time of his death. When his funeral mass was held at the Vatican, Raphaels unfinished Transfiguration was placed on his coffin stand. Raphaels body was inhumed at the Pantheon in Rome, Italy. Following his death, Raphaels movement toward Mannerism influenced painting styles in Italys advancing Baroque period. Celebrated for the balanced and harmonious compositions of his Madonnas, portraits, frescoes and architecture, Raphael continues to be wide regarded as the leading artistic figure of Italian High Renaissance classicism.