Raphael, In List Form

• his work is characterized by perfect use of color, balance of composition, and sweetness in the subject of his paintings
• apprentice to Perugino 
• young, rich, and handsome, as well as enormously talented
• trained in Umbria, but studied in Florence (where he picked up his draftsmanship and compositional skills by studying Leonardo and Michelangelo's works)
• is best known as a painter, but worked in architecture as well
• was known for being an "absorber of influences"
• studied human anatomy only to the extent that his figures were proportionately correct
• painted beautiful, calm, gentle women in a courteous manner
• had, as his first patrons, those who actually wanted either Leonardo or Michelangelo (whose time, respectively, was being monopolized by their patrons), but settled for Raphael
• idolized Leonardo and managed to get along with Michelangelo
• worked in Rome from 1508 until his death in 1520
• active in Perugia, Florence, and Rome 
• died at the height of his artistic career and his death brought the end of the Italian Renaissance