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Raphael - A Happy Life (Hardcover)
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Raphael - A Happy Life (Hardcover)
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Craving pleasure as well as knowledge, Raphael Sanzio was quick to
realize that his talent would only be truly appreciated in the
liberal, carefree and extravagantly sensual atmosphere of Rome
during its golden age under Julius II and Leo X. Arriving in the
city in 1508 at the age of twenty-five, he was entranced and
seduced by life at the papal court and within a few months had
emerged as the most brilliant star in its intellectual firmament.
His art achieved a natural grace that was totally uninhibited and
free from subjection. His death, at just thirty-seven, plunged the
city into the kind of despair that follows the passing of an
esteemed and much loved prince.In this major new biography Antonio
Forcellino retraces the meteoric arc of Raphael's career by
re-examining contemporary documents and accounts and interpreting
the artist's works with the eye of an expert art restorer.
Raphael's paintings are vividly described and placed in their
historical context. Forcellino analyses Raphael's techniques for
producing the large frescos for which he is so famous, examines his
working practices and his organization of what was a new kind of
artistic workshop, and shows how his female portraits expressed and
conveyed a new attitude to women. This rich and nuanced account
casts aside the misconceptions passed on by those critics who
persistently tried to undermine Raphael's mythical status, enabling
one of the greatest artists of all time to re-emerge fully as both
man and artist.
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