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Raphael

1483–1520 · Renaissance · Italy

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Self-portrait of Raphael, aged approximately 23
Raphael · Licence: Public domain · Source

Bio

Painter and architect whose architectural work helped consolidate High Renaissance classicism.

Key works

  • Villa Madama
  • architectural projects in Rome

THE RETHINK

Raphael helps us rethink architecture as more than the production of buildings: their work shows how decisions about structure, space, materials, context or public life can change what a society considers possible.

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Raphael changed architecture through ideas, buildings and approaches that still shape how we understand space.
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