Raphael's Poetic Sublime

Raphael is sometimes said to have combined the grace of Leonardo with the power of Michelangelo into a new synthesis, thus bringing the High Renaissance in Italy to its zenith. From his untimely death on Good Friday at the age of 36 through the middle of the 19th century, he was considered to be the greatest artist of the Renaissance. However, with the advent of modern art in the late 19th century, Raphael was regarded as the least original of the triumvirate and as a result his work is not as well known. A major retrospective of the artist's work will be at the Metropolitan Museum from March through June, 2026.

Presented by:  Dr. Dennis Raverty is an Associate Professor at New Jersey City University where he teaches 19th and 20th-century art history, the art of West Africa, the diaspora and African American art, as well as the Renaissance and Baroque periods in Europe. An award-winning teacher, Raverty lives in New York City, and is currently co-authoring a book on American illustration with Dennis Dittrich, former president of the Society of Illustrators.