Raphael: From Urbino to Rome

London and New Haven, CT: National Gallery; Yale University Press, 2008. 319 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 30 cm. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, October 20, 2004 to January 16, 2005. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly cocked/lean, corner crease/back cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Within little more than a decade Raffaello di Giovanni Santi (1483-1520) transformed himself from a master of provincial church decoration to one of the greatest painters who ever lived. This illustrated catalogue tells the story of his artistic journey from Urbino, where he was born, to the papal court in Rome, via the Central Italian cities of Citta di Castello, Perugia, Siena and Florence." "This book follows this dramatic evolution from his origins in Urbino and the early influences of his father, Giovanni Santi, and the famous Umbrian master Pietro Perugino. It explores his earliest works in Umbria and his studies in Florence under the influence of Leonardo and Michelangelo, concluding by investigating how and why Raphael's art flourished and changed so dramatically under the enlightened patronage of Pope Julius II in Rome. / Hugo Chapman is Assistant Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum; Tom Henry is an independent scholar; Carol Plazzotta is Myojin Curator of Italian Renaissance Painting 1500-1600 at the National Gallery, London; Jill Dunkerton is a restorer in the National Gallery's Conservation Department; Arnold Nesselrath is an art historian and restorer based at the Vatican Museum, Rome; and Nicholas Penny is Senior Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Raphael: From urbino to Rome, by Tom Henry and Carol Plazzotta; Catalogue, by Hugo Chapman, Tom Henry and Carol Plazzotta; Raphael and Pope Julius II, by Arnold Nesselrath; Raphael and the early victorians, by Nicholas Penny.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.