The Daily Question
Name the Italian Renaissance painter, known for his ideals of compositional clarity, who was a teacher of Raphael?
1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Sandro Botticelli
3. Pietro Perugino
4. Giovanni Bellini
2. Sandro Botticelli
3. Pietro Perugino
4. Giovanni Bellini
Your answer was: Sandro Botticelli
Answer: Pietro Perugino was known for arranging the subjects of his painting to produce clarity of content. His most famous student was Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, mimply known as Raphael.
For more info, see:
• 2005 UFN Bulletin: The Pope's Perugino - The Altarpiece Of The Resurrection
• Greg Pirozzi, Perugino and the Vatican, Vatican Notes, Volume 55, Issue: 3, 2006, Pages 1 & 3-4
The Resurrection by Perugino
Scott # 1303-1307 (2005)
For more info, see:
• 2005 UFN Bulletin: The Pope's Perugino - The Altarpiece Of The Resurrection
• Greg Pirozzi, Perugino and the Vatican, Vatican Notes, Volume 55, Issue: 3, 2006, Pages 1 & 3-4
The Resurrection by Perugino
Scott # 1303-1307 (2005)
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