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Raphael (Hardcover)
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Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520) was a member of the elite group of
Italian Renaissance masters which also included his prominent
rivals Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Born in Urbino where his
father was court artist, he moved to Florence as a young man and
there established his reputation by painting a series of Virgin and
Child compositions. Four years later he was summoned to Rome by
Pope Julius II to decorate his private apartments in the Vatican.
His meteoric rise at the papal court inflamed the jealousy of
Michelangelo, whose style Raphael was able to adopt and then make
his own. For the next eighteen years Raphael was indispensable to
Julius and his successor Leo X - not only as a painter, but also as
a designer of tapestries, architect of St Peter's and even procurer
of antiquities, dominating the arts in Rome until his untimely
death on his 37th birthday. Raphael had an exceptional artistic eye
and a gift for absorbing the styles of other artists and adapting
them to his own means and purposes. Draughtsmanship was the
foundation of his immensely successful career, and the British
Museum holds an excellent collection of his drawings. Beginning
with an introduction to the life of the artist, this beautifully
illustrated book presents a chronological selection of Raphael's
drawings including early figure studies, demonstrating his
astonishing mastery of naturalistic movement. It then explores his
working methods and shows how he incorporated the influences of his
famous peers into his own inimitable style. The development of
Raphael's ideas through his drawings gives insight into the mind
and method of a fascinating and much-admired artist.
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