NMC Library

Raphael /

Talvacchia, Bette, 1951-

Raphael / Bette Talvacchia. - New York : Phaidon Press, 2007. - 240 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233) and index.

Publisher description: This beautiful monograph explores the life and work of one of the most important artists in the history of the West, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520). Its scope covers Raphael's origins, his early influences, his important Urbino period and subsequently the extraordinary series of frescoes and portraits of his last phase in Rome. Over two hundred of Raphael's finest paintings and drawings are illustrated, accompanied by an accessible yet highly informative text by the distinguished Renaissance scholar Bette Talvacchia. The author also explores Raphael's artistic relationships with such Renaissance masters as Leonardo and Michelangelo, culminating in a brilliant account of his masterpieces done in Rome under the patronage of Popes Julius II and Leo X. About the author: Bette Talvacchia, Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Connecticut, is a specialist in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Her publications include the critically acclaimed study, Taking Positions: On the Erotic in Renaissance in Culture (Princeton, 1999).

9780714847863 0714847860


Raphael, 1483-1520.


Painting, Renaissance.
Painting, Italian.

ND623.R2 / T35 2007

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