Raphael: The Young Prodigy

Raphael: The Young Prodigy tells the story of the Italian Renaissance artist from Urbino, starting from his extraordinary portraits of women - the Mother, the Friend, the Secret Lover and the Client. From portraits of his mother, who died when the painter was only 8 years old, to the female admirers who helped him on his road to success, Raphael (1483-1520) was able to portray an ideal of celestial beauty, and to focus his gaze more on the psychology of his subjects’ features than on their physical forms, so that their personalities emerge in a striking manner. Audiences will discover the life and times of one of the most influential Renaissance painters.

FEATURING: Vincenzo Farinella, Professor of Modern Art History at the University of Pisa and Scientific Consultant for this project, contributions from Lorenza Mochi Onori, Art Historian and Expert on Raphael, Giuliano Pisani, Classical Philologist and Historian of Italian Renaissance Art, Tom Henry, Director of the University of Kent in Rome, Amélie Ferrigno, Art Historian and Associate Researcher at the Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance (CESR Tours), Ippolita di Majo, Art Historian and Gloria Fossi, Art Historian and Journalist.