{"product_id":"raphael-9780745644127","title":"Raphael","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* A major new biography on one of the greatest artists of all time, Raphael Sanzio, written by a leading Renaissance expert.    * Retraces Raphael   s career by re-examining contemporary documents and accounts and interpreting the artist   s works with the eye of an expert restorer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant and lyrical biography ... The masterful quality of Forcellino’s account lies not only in the beauty of its language, translated impeccably from Italian into English, but in the seamlessness and self-assurance with which he himself works across northern Italy, its paintings, its politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent introduction to the workshop of the Renaissance artist, and to the careful and patient techniques employed in the making of timeless art works … Forcellino has done a very creditable service in his re-examination of the life of an artist who, more than any other, embodied the spirit of the Italian Renaissance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Antonio Forcellino has now celebrated Raphael's life and career by writing this ebullient book, elegantly translated by Lucinda Byatt ... [Forcellino] is ingenious and fastidious in describing Raphael's works, and his book will give pleasure to those coming to them for the first time; it even highlights a few things connoisseurs may have missed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written in a lively and entertaining style, ForcellinoÉ demonstrates his skills as a passionate and consummate storyteller revealing the life of a challenging and unique artist who introduced a new conception of Renaissance art combining sublimity and sensuality, within an Italian epoch of violence, wealth and eroticism.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean Journal of History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A detailed biography that explains Raphael's achievements during his short life, while also showing how his social skills and affable temperament helped him to advance his career … This informative book is also a rich treasury of information about the artistic developments and techniques of the period.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorical Novel Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Forcellino seeks to liberate his subject from later cultural and art-historical associations. Challenging post-Romantic conventions of the solitary genius, he presents Raphael as fully engaged with his society: a man whose eroticism and talent for friendship flowed naturally into his art ... Forcellino's Raphael is a lover, not a fighter.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Art Newspaper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written in his usual lively style, Forcellino's new book combines fast-moving narrative, a vivid portrait of Raphael the man, and a perceptive analysis of his art.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Burke, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The last century saw the development of the legend that depicts the life of the artist as one of torment and desperation: Raphael demolishes every trace of this romantic myth and demonstrates on the contrary that it is in fact complete happiness and the gratification of desires that can lead to the conquering of the highest peaks of creativity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Beyond simply recounting the biographical journey, Antonio Forcellino also seamlessly incorporates analyses of Raphael’s works in this lively study. Painter, architect, set designer: all facets of Raphael are discussed with the consummate art of the storyteller.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTout pour les femmes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Giovanni�s Son\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 A Well-To-Do Household\u003cbr\u003e2 A Sophisticated Court\u003cbr\u003e3 Home and Workshop\u003cbr\u003e4 Assistants and Masters\u003cbr\u003e5 A Precocious Master\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 From Urbino to Umbria\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The First Test\u003cbr\u003e2 Recognition\u003cbr\u003e3 Challenging the Masters\u003cbr\u003e4 Turbulent Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e5 The End of the Terror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Florentine Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 In the City of Titans\u003cbr\u003e2 A New World\u003cbr\u003e3 The Way Up\u003cbr\u003e4 Chronicle of a Tragedy\u003cbr\u003e5 A Sudden Departure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 In Rome\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The Half-Hidden Ruins\u003cbr\u003e2 From Chalices to Helmets\u003cbr\u003e3 The War of Images\u003cbr\u003e4 The Rise to Primacy\u003cbr\u003e5 The School of Raphael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Pope and his Banker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The Pope�s Beard\u003cbr\u003e2 The Stanza of Heliodorus\u003cbr\u003e3 Through the Streets of Rome\u003cbr\u003e4 The Pope�s Banker\u003cbr\u003e5 \u003ci\u003eAmor Vincit Omnia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Venus Emerges from the Water\u003cbr\u003e7 Death of a Warrior Pope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 The Years of Triumph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 A New Era\u003cbr\u003e2 One Long Party\u003cbr\u003e3 Serving the Dream\u003cbr\u003e4 Raven Black Hair and Eyes\u003cbr\u003e5 State Portraits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Discovery of Architecture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Devout Women\u003cbr\u003e2 Storming the Fortress\u003cbr\u003e3 The Flight of Icarus \u003cbr\u003e4 Private Pleasures\u003cbr\u003e5 Between The Tiber and Monte Mario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 A New Artist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The Inaccessible Palace\u003cbr\u003e2 A Web of Jealousies \u003cbr\u003e3 Venus Returns\u003cbr\u003e4 Vila Madama\u003cbr\u003e5 The Star that Fell from Heaven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865704968535,"sku":"9780745644127","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745644127.jpg?v=1722275190","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/raphael-9780745644127","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}