Renaissance+and+Reformation+Painting

was a titan and the first duke of Mantua. When he was ten years old he was sent from Mantua to Rome as a hostage. The Gonzagas who were among the many reputed families that ruled Mantua in the Middle Ages.They were great patrons of art and culture and encouraged, as well as extended support to talented artists like Leone Battista Alberti, Andrea Mantegna, Donatello, Luca Fancelli and Nicolo Sebregondi, who left behind an invaluable heritage for the Italians that is treasured even today. Federigo Gonzaga was named captain General of the Papal Forces, who was appointed Duke of Mantua by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1530. ||
 * Federigo Gonzaga ||
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 * Federigo Gonzaga

that was so strong it has endured throughout time that no one, not even Leonardo or Michelangelo, could paint the Madonna more beautifully or men more heroically than Raphael. Raphael's painting of Tebaldeo, Baldassare Castiglione, echoes Leonardo's Mona Lisa and Lady with an Ermine in the figure's twisting, triangular pose and in the use of chiaroscuro.'s twisting, triangular pose and in the use of chiaroscuro.Raphael adopted a simple color scheme of black, white, and silvery gray against a startling blue. ||
 * Raphael ||
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 * Raphael had a unique style