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Sep112013

St. George and the Dragon

DateWednesday, September 11, 2013 at 11:23AM

Raphael - St George and the Dragon - 1505-06 - Oil on wood, 28.5 x 21.5 cm - National Gallery of Art, Washington (click photo for larger image)Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520)--more commonly known as Raphael-- was one of the great giants of the Renaissance. In 1505 Raphael was in Florence. The most notable artists active at the time were Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti and the Dominican friar, Fra Bartolomeo. Each of these artists had developed a different style of painting, but all were involved in a search for figurative elements which surpassed the Quattrocento models. They sought an expressive language in which color was more unified and space was freer. The work featured here represents an armed youth fighting a dragon. This painting (and other of Raphael’s contemporaneous works) echo those stimuli which he received from the great masters noted above.

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