Raphael

Download or read book Raphael written by Nicholas Penny and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian painter, draughtsman, and architect known as Raphael has always been acknowledged as one of the greatest European artists. In his own time he was one of the most famous painters working in Italy during the High Renaissance, commissioned to create celebrated altarpieces and devotional paintings, and to decorate the papal apartments in the Vatican Palace. This fully illustrated and comprehensive Grove Art Essentials title covers Raphael's life and prolific artistic career, exploring the development of his style and technique as well as his later critical reception.