Raphael(1483-1520)was another great Ltalian painter.He was different from two of the artists of his time,Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.He only painted great pictures.Yet he was not a poet,a music composer,a builder,a scientist and an inventor,like the other two men.

               Bwtween 1504-1508,Raphael spent four years studying the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.He learned a great deal from them,especially the ues of dark background from Leonado da Vinci.During his lifetime,he painted many great works.His masterpiece was made in 1509.This painting shows the ancient Greek philosophers and mathematiciansIt used a dark background effect to bring out a three-dimansional effect in its chief object--Plato and Aristotle,two of the most famous ancient Greek philosophers.Do you know the name of this famous painting?Right!It is "The School of Athens".