Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his painting and drawing.
On April 6,1483, Raphael Sanzio was born, and he died on April 6,1520., so he during the High Renaissance period of art when he alive. Artists,such as he, combined the story of nature with a new emphasis on the human body and classical ideals of beauty((“The Nnational Ggallery”).)
He worked on religious subjects, portraits, and frescoes, exemplifying the ideals of the High Renaissance. In 1514, Pope Julius II hired Raphael as his chief architect. Around the
same time, he completed his last work in his series of the "Madonnas," an oil painting called the Sistine Madonna (Bbiography).
In Italy between the years from 1520 to 1600, the High Renaissance had declined. He, along with Leonardo and Michelangelo, is are considered one of the three Great Names of the High Renaissance (Encyclopedia Britannica).