与达·芬奇、米开朗琪罗并称“文艺复兴三杰”的拉斐尔·圣奇奥（意大利文：Raffaello Sanzio，常简称拉斐尔Raphael）其实一生非常短暂，但在37年的人生中，他很早就显露出极高的艺术天赋，取得了非凡的艺术成就，那些神态端庄优雅、线条秀美的圣母肖像，足以把拉斐尔长久地供奉在艺术史的殿堂之上。 　　在拉斐尔之前，中世纪的宗教画往往僵内容严肃且毫无生气，拉斐尔以世俗化的手法，将传统的宗教题材描绘成现实生活中的理想美，留下诸如《西斯廷圣母》《椅中圣母》等经典作品，那些宁静恬美的女性形象是在他8岁时早逝的母亲，是他神秘的恋人，是邂逅的园丁的女儿，她们笼罩着人间的光辉，又遵循安宁、和谐、协调、对称的完美秩序，充分体现了拉斐尔独特的画风和他的人文主义思想。尽管时隔500年，我们仍可在高清镜头的捕捉下，仿佛听到拉斐尔亲切自然的画作中，人物的温柔叹息。 　　纪录片为我们勾勒画家的人生轨迹，使用了获奖插画师Giordano Poloni为本片创作的动画，带有梦幻色彩的手绘风格，从拉斐尔诞生的小城乌尔比诺，到文艺复兴的重镇佛罗伦萨和罗马，填补了拉斐尔生平履历中影像的缺失。在那里，神话、传说和现实不断交织。

This visually stunning new film combines in-depth explorations of Raphael’s astonishing art, and immersive historical reconstructions featuring acclaimed actor and director Flavio Parenti (To Rome With Love, Io sono l’amore), inspired by 18th Century paintings depicting fragments of Raphael’s life.

探访文化艺术古城，了解拉斐尔的生命与艺术发展的历史

A short film made by Eric Rohmer dealing with the drawings of Raphael.

The new series on Renaissance painting, written and presented by Matthew Collings, begins with an artistic investigation into one of the most radiant and beautiful images in all of art history, The Madonna of the Meadow, painted in 1505 by Raphael. 　　Renaissance art has become part of the 21st-century heritage industry but when Raphael was alive, it was a startling new form of visual expression, and Raphael's vibrant 'realism' was striking and fresh. It became the model for western art for the next 400 years, right up until the birth of Modernism. 　　As much as it was a cultural 'rebirth', the Renaissance was also a revolution in ideas about reality. Matthew Collings sets out to remind us of how radical Renaissance paintings were when they were made, as well as opening our eyes to what is still truly great about them. In this programme he deconstructs The Madonna of the Meadow with the help of the very latest high-resolution digital technology, which allows him to explore the inner secrets of Raphael's painterly effects with a clarity and at a level of detail never before seen on television. 　　As Matthew says, it is a journey 'to the other side of an illusion', revealing how Raphael created the alluring images that were so appealing to his wealthy Renaissance clients - including the Pope - and which entranced artists for centuries after his death. Matthew explains the secret to Raphael's vibrant colour harmonies, which the artist grasped intuitively, long before the advent of colour 'theory'; and Raphael also knew how to exploit colour effects to create the impression of extraordinary depth in his paintings.

前拉斐尔派（Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood），又常译为前拉斐尔兄弟会，是1848年开始的一个艺术团体（也是艺术运动），由3名年轻的英国画家所发起—约翰·艾佛雷特·米莱、但丁·加百利·罗塞蒂和威廉·霍尔曼·亨特。 　　他们的目的是为了改变当时的艺术潮流，反对那些在米开朗基罗和拉斐尔的时代之后在他们看来偏向了机械论的风格主义画家。他们认为拉斐尔时代以前古典的姿势和优美的绘画成分已经被学院艺术派的教学方法所腐化了，因此取名为前拉斐尔派。他们尤其反对由约书亚·雷诺兹（Joshua Reynolds）爵士所创立的英国皇家艺术学院（Royal Academy of Arts）的画风，认为他的作画技巧只是懒散而公式化的学院风格主义。他们主张回归到15世纪意大利文艺复兴初期的，画出大量细节、并运用强烈色彩的画风。 　　前拉斐尔派常被看作是艺术中的前卫派运动，不过他们否认这种描述，因为他们仍然以古典历史和神话作为绘画题材以及模仿的艺术态度，或者是以模拟自然的状态，来作为他们艺术的目的。不过，前拉斐尔派毫无疑问将自身视为艺术界的改革运动，为他们的运动取了名称以做区别，并且也出版了他们的期刊The Germ，以宣扬他们的概念。有关他们的讨论则纪录在Pre-Raphaelite Journal中。

According to Giorgio Vasari, the first art historian, the Renaissance was centred on a revival of interest in classical art that began and flourished in Italy. Waldemar disagrees, and accuses Vasari of errant jingoism. In fact, the most significant early developments in Renaissance art took place not in Italy, but in the ‘barbarian’ lands of Flanders and Germany. Instead of understanding the Renaissance as a return to classical models, we should see it as a climax of medieval values - an epoch of huge religious passions and powerful human emotions. 　　The series will celebrate material that is new to television. Waldemar will include art that is not usually thought of as Renaissance art. This will involve 're-classifying' what is sometimes called Late Gothic, and showing it off as a marvellous and native artistic tradition, particularly in the remarkable field of polychrome sculpture. On top of all the new art to be introduced, Waldemar will also look from fresh and intriguing angles at many of the established Renaissance giants, including Michelangelo in the Vatican, Leonardo in the Louvre, Botticelli in the Uffizi and Van Eyck in Ghent.

《碧昂丝：文艺复兴》是一部2023年的美国纪录片音乐会电影，由碧昂丝编剧、导演和制作。这部电影记录了碧昂丝为支持她的第七张录音室专辑《Renaissance》而举行的文艺复兴世界巡演的开发和执行过程。

《碧昂丝：文艺复兴》是一部2023年的美国纪录片音乐会电影，由碧昂丝编剧、导演和制作。这部电影记录了碧昂丝为支持她的第七张录音室专辑《Renaissance》而举行的文艺复兴世界巡演的开发和执行过程。

Joseph Leo Koerner argues that the Renaissance in Northern Europe - more so than its Italian counterpart - laid the foundations of modern art.