Raphael A Passionate Life

Name: Raphael A Passionate Life
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ISBN: 9780745644110

ISBN-10: 0745644112

ISBN-13: 9780745644110

Edition: 2012

Authors: Antonio Forcellino, Lucinda Byatt

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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…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 7/16/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.30" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Introduction



Giovanni's Son



A Well-to-Do Household



A Sophisticated Court



Home and Workshop



Assistants and Masters



A Precocious Master



From Urbino to Umbria



The First Test



Recognition



Challenging the Masters



Turbulent Landscapes



The End of the Terror



The Florentine Period



In the City of Titans



A New World



The Way Up



Chronicle of a Tragedy



A Sudden Departure



In Rome



The Half-Hidden Ruins



From Chalices to Helmets



The War of Images



The Rise to Primacy



The School of Raphael



The Pope and His Banker



The Pope's Beard



The Stanza of Heliodorus



Through the Streets of Rome



The Pope's Banker



Amor vincit omnia



Venus Emerges from Water



The Death of a Warrior Pope



The Years of Triumph



A New Era



One Long Party



Serving the Dream



Raven Black Hair and Eyes



State Portraits



The Discovery of Architecture



Devout Women



Storming the Fortress



The Flight of Icarus



Private Pleasures



Between the Tiber and Monte Mario



A New Artist



The Inaccessible Palace



A Web of Jealousies



Venus Returns



Villa Madama



The Star that Fell from Heaven


Notes


Index