The Transfiguration

This painting by Raphael is called "The Tranfiguration". This is one of my favourite Raphael painting. I really like the colours, they are very vibrant and work well together. I like the use of perspective and i think it really makes the painting feel more 3 dimentional. Also the composition is interesting, The focus is jesus at the top but i think the secondary focus is the illuminated figure at the bottom because the light is the strongest on her. 

These are studies for the transfiguration. I realy like the lighting on these studies, the lighting on the model was most likely much different and more diffused but raphael made use of his knowledge of light and how to apply it to form to make the best arrangement of light on form.