Raphael and his flawless Madonna

Apr 25
13:44

2013

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Raphael loved women very much, especially beautiful women. In 1514, when he finished the “Poseidon Galatea”, the Cassidy Lyon count asked him exclamatorily:” Where on earth did you find such beautiful models?” Raphael wrote back that:” I have to seek for many fair faces in order to draw the very beautiful women.

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Raphael loved women very much,Raphael and his flawless Madonna Articles especially beautiful women. In 1514, when he finished the “Poseidon Galatea”, the Cassidy Lyon count asked him exclamatorily:” Where on earth did you find such beautiful models?” Raphael wrote back that:” I have to seek for many fair faces in order to draw the very beautiful women.
However, particularly amazing and stunning women were not so many, so I have to draw follow the certain thinking in my mind. ” One day, Raphael was taking a walk in the garden leisurely and comfortably, then he suddenly caught a sight of a beautiful and charming girl pollarding the tree branches in the colorful and showy flowers. Raphael was immediately and deeply attracted by her image. He picked the painting brush and created the “The Madonna in the garden.” This was a garden’s daughter, so it was also called “The beautiful female garden.” About the model of “The Madonna on the throne”, there were many complicated and confusing parlances. Raphael’s craziness for painting made people laugh when they knew that the sketch was drew on the pie and bucket. According to the legend, Raphael saw a beautiful young woman holding a lovely child at a banquet. 
The warm and happy family relationships inspired his creation, he thought that:” This is the Madonna of my heart.” He looked around but could not find a paper so he picked a pie on the table and drew the sketch quickly. The second version of the Madonna was that: one day, Raphael came from Vatican and saw a young woman carrying an adorable child. “This woman is really beautiful when she is looking at his child fondly.” So he immediately hid and observed secretly. The woman found that Raphael was looking at her attentively soon, she hugged the child gently and gave a peaceful smile.
 Raphael was so excited and picked the charcoal as painting brush, but where was the paper? There was only an empty bucket, so he turned the bucket over hastily and drew sketch on the bottom of the bucket just in order to capture the charming smile. The third version of the Madonna was Raphael’s lover – Fuernalin. The identity and name of Raphael’s secret lover were like a mystery and made people argue ceaselessly. Some people said she was a prostitute, “Fuernalin” was Italian and the mean was the baker’s daughter. Therefore, Fuernalin was not her real name. But it was also said that, Fuernalin was a common nickname the Roman called their lovers at that time. And some people even field studied ancient books and pointed that Marga Lillian was her real name. Raphael, this famous Italian painter who was known for the Madonna, created countless Madonna, for instance, the Madonna of the pinks, the Alba Madonna and the Madonna of the meadow. And still Madonna of the Goldfinch, also the Sistine Madonna and so on. 
Raphael transformed the image of Madonna in the religious themes into a secular and graceful human mother successfully. Therefore, he always showed the innocence and goodness of the girls or song the praises of mother love in society through the Madonna image under his painting brush. We see the garden of his art. They are like joyful poetry songs one after another. Perhaps, Raphael is enjoying the happy days in his real world at this moment.