Tiziano Vicelli (1477-1576) better known as Titian, was a painter with an unprecedented use of color and loose brushwork, evident in his stunning masterpiece The Assumption of the Virgin.
Raphael (1482-1520) also mastered the use of color and painted beautiful frescoes in churches and for private patrons, the most famous of which may be The School of Athens, an interesting painting depicting Plato and Aristotle surrounded by their pupils. He inspired two of the greatest artists in the history of the world: Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.