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=Raphael Sanzio=

Here are ​a few details about my life... I was born on April 6, 1483 in Urbino, Italy. My Father taught me the basics of my painting skills when I was still at a very early age until he died when I was only 11 and my mother had died some years before so I became an orphan. After my father died I was sent to the town of Perugia to be an apprentice of the painter Pietro Perugino who was a very well-respected artist during the renaissance, he taught me about light and perspective and as people would later say I became a better artist than Pietro himself, but I am not sure if this is true or not, and I became well-known for my use of depth in all of my paintings. I painted portraits for many important people such as Pope Julius II, Pope Leo X and also Count Baldassare Castiglione. I contributed to the Renaissance in the following ways... I changed the way people thought about art forever, by using perspective and depth and making every element that I could, seem realistic in my paintings. In 1504, I moved to Florence and studied Michelangelo’s use of anatomy and Leonardo da Vinci’s use of light and shadow which contributed greatly to my works of art, I created some of my masterpieces when I was still an apprentice for Pietro, when I was as young as 21. I think these contributions were particularly important because... it changed the way art was thought about by many famous artists up until today, and I was one of the most important artists of the Italian renaissance also creating some of the most awe-inspiring, beautiful and influential works of art during the renaissance, which continues to effect people up until the present day. The picture shown here is of me

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