Raphael
(Grove Art Essentials)
Published on 1. April 2016
978-0-19-029795-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Italian painter, draughtsman, and architect known as Raphael has always been acknowledged as one of the greatest European artists. In his own time he was one of the most famous painters working in Italy during the High Renaissance, commissioned to create celebrated altarpieces and devotional paintings, and to decorate the papal apartments in the Vatican Palace. This fully illustrated and comprehensive Grove Art Essentials title covers Raphael's life and prolific artistic career, exploring the development of his style and technique as well as his later critical reception.
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Person
Nicholas Penny
Content
Raphael [Santi, Raffaello; Sanzio, Raffaello]
I. Life and work.
1. Paintings and drawings.
(i) Urbino, to 1504.
(ii) Florence, 1504-8.
(iii) Rome, 1508-20.
(a) Works for the Vatican Palace.
The 'Stanze'.
The tapestry cartoons, loggias and the Sala di Costantino.
(b) Altarpieces.
(c) Engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi and frescoes outside the Vatican.
(d) Portraits and smaller devotional works.
2. Architecture.
(i) Drawn and painted architecture.
(ii) Planned and built architecture.
II. Working methods and technique.
III. Character and personality.
IV. Critical reception and posthumous reputation.
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