Raphael: A Passionate Life

Raphael: A Passionate Life

Craving pleasure as well as knowledge, Raphael Sanzio was quick torealize that his talent would only be truly appreciated in theliberal, carefree and extravagantly sensual atmosphere of Romeduring its golden age under Julius II and Leo X.

Arriving in the city in 1508 at the age of twenty-five, he wasentranced and seduced by life at the papal court and within a fewmonths had emerged as the most brilliant star in its intellectualfirmament. His art achieved a natural grace that was totallyuninhibited and free from subjection. His death, at justthirty-seven, plunged the city into the kind of despair thatfollows the passing of an esteemed and much loved prince.

In this major new biography Antonio Forcellino retraces themeteoric arc of Raphaelâ€™s career by re-examining contemporarydocuments and accounts and interpreting the artistâ€™s workswith the eye of an expert art restorer. Raphaelâ€™s paintingsare vividly described and placed in their historical context.Forcellino analyses Raphaelâ€™s techniques for producing thelarge frescos for which he is so famous, examines his workingpractices and his organization of what was a new kind of artisticworkshop, and shows how his female portraits expressed and conveyeda new attitude to women.

This rich and nuanced account casts aside the misconceptions passedon by those critics who persistently tried to undermineRaphaelâ€™s mythical status, enabling one of the greatestartists of all time to re-emerge fully as both man and artist.
Country USA
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Country	USA
Brand	Polity
Manufacturer	Polity
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780745644127
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780745644127
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Raphael: A Passionate Life

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