Raphael : A Passionate Life (Paperback)

Introduction

1 Giovannii¿½s Son
1 A Well-To-Do Household
2 A Sophisticated Court
3 Home and Workshop
4 Assistants and Masters
5 A Precocious Master

2 From Urbino to Umbria
1 The First Test
2 Recognition
3 Challenging the Masters
4 Turbulent Landscapes
5 The End of the Terror

3 The Florentine Period
1 In the City of Titans
2 A New World
3 The Way Up
4 Chronicle of a Tragedy
5 A Sudden Departure

4 In Rome
1 The Half-Hidden Ruins
2 From Chalices to Helmets
3 The War of Images
4 The Rise to Primacy
5 The School of Raphael

5. The Pope and his Banker
1 The Popei¿½s Beard
2 The Stanza of Heliodorus
3 Through the Streets of Rome
4 The Popei¿½s Banker
5 Amor Vincit Omnia
6 Venus Emerges from the Water
7 Death of a Warrior Pope

6 The Years of Triumph
1 A New Era
2 One Long Party
3 Serving the Dream
4 Raven Black Hair and Eyes
5 State Portraits

7 The Discovery of Architecture
1 Devout Women
2 Storming the Fortress
3 The Flight of Icarus
4 Private Pleasures
5 Between The Tiber and Monte Mario

8 A New Artist
1 The Inaccessible Palace
2 A Web of Jealousies
3 Venus Returns
4 Vila Madama
5 The Star that Fell from Heaven

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Index