The Afterlife of Raphael's Paintings
The Afterlife of Raphael's Paintings
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USDRaphael is one of the rare artists who have never gone out of fashion. Acclaimed during his lifetime, he was imitated by contemporaries and served as a model for painters through the nineteenth century. His works have continuously been subject to care, conservation, and restoration, and here Hoeniger focuses on the legacy of Raphael's art: the historical trajectory - or 'afterlife' - of the paintings themselves. Appreciation of Raphael was expressed and the restoration of his works debated in contemporary treatises, providing a backdrop for probing the fortune of his paintings. What happened to his panel-paintings and frescoes in the centuries after his death in 1520? Some were lost altogether; others damaged in natural disasters; and many were affected by uncontrolled climatic conditions, by travel from one place to another, and by the not always careful hands of restorers. This book reveals the five-hundred-year story of many of Raphael's most well-known paintings.
- A new approach to one of the most famous artists of all time
- Original research, based on archival documents from restoration history
- A jargon-free writing style that should appeal to all kinds of educated readers, not just art historians or art conservators
Reviews & endorsements
'A fascinating insight into the interrelationship of academic scholarship, international politics and the ethics of restoration.' The Art Newsletter
' … a book that one reads with pleasure, and that will remain for a long time extremely interesting for readers of different interests and levels of competence.' The Burlington Magazine
Product details
October 2010Hardback
9780521196949
448 pages
261 × 189 × 25 mm
1.09kg
53 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. An introduction to the history of restoring Raphael's paintings
- 2. The reception of Raphael, with a focus on the Vatican Stanze
- 3. The history of damage and restoration to Raphael's Stanze and the restoration of the Loggia of Psyche in 1693–5
- 4. The French king's Raphaels, 1750–1792
- 5. The English reception and restoration of Raphael's cartoons, c.1525–1800
- 6. Changing ownership at a time of war: the movement of seventeen paintings by Raphael during the Napoleonic era
- 7. Raphael's great altarpieces in Paris and Dresden, 1801–1828
- 8. 'Heritage preservation', the establishment of national galleries, and the restoration of Raphael in nineteenth-century Italy
- 9. Attention to detail in the study and preservation of Raphael's art during the nineteenth century
- 10. Conclusion: meticulous research, revelatory cleanings, and the rediscovery of a lost Raphael.
