Raphael and the Antique - Couverture rigide

Malfa, Claudia La

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1789141508 ISBN 13 : 9781789141504

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2020

Synopsis

Claudia La Malfa's lively book . . . serves as a readable general introduction to Raphael's art, for her analyses stretch well beyond the central theme.' - The Art Newspaper

'Raphael's engagement with the arts of classical antiquity is an unusually rewarding focus, above all because it allows the author not only to demonstrate the seriousness of his study of both the sculpture and the architecture of the ancients, but also to explore the consequences of this profound immersion on his own production.' - David Ekserdjian, Evening Standard

The Renaissance artist Raphael is known for his extraordinary frescoes, his sublime Madonnas, devotional altarpieces, architectural designs, and his inventive prints and tapestries. It was his use of ancient Roman models – classical sculptures, reliefs and paintings – that formed his much admired classical style, and influenced the styles of many later artists.
In Raphael and the Antique Claudia La Malfa gives a full account of Raphael's prodigious career, from central Italy when he was 17 years old, to Perugia, Siena and Florence, where he first met with Leonardo and Michelangelo, to Rome where he became one of the most feted artists of the Renaissance. This book focuses and highlights Raphael's re-invention of classical models, his draughtsmanship and his concept of art, which he pursued and was still striving to perfect at the time of his death aged only 37, in 1520.

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À propos de l'auteur

Claudia La Malfa teaches History of Art at the Loyola University Chicago in Rome, and is Visiting Lecturer at the University of Kent. Her previous publications include Pintoricchio a Roma. La seduzione dell'antico (2009).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1789141508
• ISBN 13: 9781789141504
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
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• Personne responsable: non disponible