Beauty in color: blue in Raphaello's canvases

Color has always been an essential part of human perception of the big picture - this applies to art, to religion, and to individual worldviews. In different epochs and cultures, color was used to convey a different, but always important meaning, with certain colors they associated what was most valuable for a people or a representative of a religious tradition. The blue color is exceptional in this sense - for a long time it was not paid attention at all, but once appearing on the canvases of Renaissance artists, it spread its influence on the culture, art, and social life of Europe. The study identifies what significance blue color had in world cultures prior to the Renaissance, to see if this is when it reached its culmination point. The authors pay particular attention to the great Italian painter and architect Raffaello Santi, whose works have become synonymous with beauty, harmony, grace and perfection in art. In the paints of Raffaello, stories, feelings, relationships of characters are hidden, they contain the secret of harmony, sublimity, and uniqueness of his canvases. This work reflects a view at Raffaello’s art through these paints, their colors, and shades, which, combined with the artist's unique style and innate talent, have become the embodiment of the image of beauty that all philosophers have been talking about for many thousands of years.