Raphael

To the right is a painting by Raphael called Madonna del Prato. It is a depiction Mary with Christ and John the baptist. The blue symbolizes the church and the red Christ's death, with the Madonna the uniting of Mother Church with Christ's sacrifice. With her eyes fixed on Christ, her head is turned to the left and slightly inclined, and in her hands she holds up Christ, as he leans forward unsteadily to touch the miniature cross held by John. The poppy refers to Christ's passion, death and resurrection. 

I really like the calming primary colours used by the artist in this painting. Reds and Blues and Browns are very prominent making the picture seem simple, however it is filled with detail. The way the figures are standing in a pyramid is very obvious too. This is a very clever use of lines in a painting.

Mr and Mrs Andrews

This is a rococo style painting by the artist Tomas Gainsborough. I believe this painting was inspired at some scale by Raphael. It is a rococo style painting, which were directly influenced by renaissance and baroque style painting, which Raphael was. The paintings have a lot of similarities with the sprawling backgrounds and the people in them being the centre of focus. They both use primary colours and incorporate a lot of detail in their work. 

Another art movement which could have used influences from Raphaels work could be Neo-plasticisim. From looking at the colours used by the artists alone the movements use very similar primary colour palettes. Their use of light and darkness in the art, although it may not seem, are very similar.