The Cambridge Companion to Raphael
The Cambridge Companion to Raphael
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Raphael is a rare painter who was never out of fashion. This book addresses some of the interests of recent scholarship, which has changed the focus from concern with attribution and definition of Raphael's style and the classic style of the High Renaissance to more practical matters. Investigation of the intellectual and cultural history of sixteenth century Rome and Florence in the past generation have made it possible to put Raphael in the context of his patrons and his other contemporaries. Raphael managed what was no doubt the largest workshop to date and it provided the model for many artists who followed him. This leads us to an understanding of the privileging of invention over execution that takes place increasingly in the sixteenth century. Raphael became the model for artists, beginning soon after his death and continuing after the collapse of the academic tradition in the late nineteenth century. This reverence is studied in the final section of this book, including an essay that traces changing tastes in restoring his paintings.
- Raphael is among the 3-4 most famous painters ever
- His practical, managerial skills have begun to be appreciated only recently
- The achievement of the High Renaissance (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo) is a high point in western civilization
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'A useful resource for undergraduates and the seriously enthusiastic layperson.' The Times Literary Supplement
'Taken as a whole, the book will be a useful resource for undergraduates and the seriously enthusiastic layperson …' The Times Literary Supplement
Product details
November 2008Paperback
9780521003964
468 pages
227 × 152 × 22 mm
0.74kg
Unavailable - out of print November 2011
Table of Contents
- Introduction Marcia B. Hall
- Part I. Before Rome:
- 1. Young Raphael and the practice of painting in Renaissance Italy Jeryldene M. Wood
- 2. From the Court of Urbino to the Curia and Rome: Raphael and his patrons 1500–1508 Sheryl E. Reiss
- Part II. Rome:
- 3. The contested city: urban form in early sixteenth-century Rome Linda Pellecchia
- 4. The Vatican Stanze Ingrid Rowland
- 5. One role, two sitters, one artist: Raphael's papal portraits Joanna Woods-Marsden
- 6. The competition between Raphael and Michelangelo and Sebastiano's role in it Constanza Barbieri
- Part III. Raphael and his Successors:
- 7. Raphael's workshop and the development of a managerial style Bette Talvacchia
- 8. Raphael's multiples Patricia Emison
- 9. Raphael drawings, pro-contra Linda Wolk-Simon
- Part IV. The Assessment of History:
- 10. Classicism, Mannerism, and the Relieflike style Marcia B. Hall
- 11. French identity in the realm of Raphael Carl Goldstein
- 12. Raphael's European fame in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Giovanna Perini
- 13. Restoring Raphael Cathleen Hoeniger.
