(H/B-25) RAPHAEL, 1753-1520
THE INVENTION OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE
THOENES CHRISTOFΚωδ. Πολιτείας: 3745-1635
Παρουσίαση
When Charles Darwin reached the west coast of South America on his circumnavigation of the globe between 1831 und 1836, he came face to face for the first time with true savages, the natives of Tierra del Fuego. Shocked by their appearance and behaviour, he called to mind the paintings of Raphael: the comparison demonstrated for him the scope embraced by the species homo sapiens. This is the view of Raphael as the Renaissance classic, a painter who -like Polycletus and Phidias in classical antiquity- laid down once and for all what the human figure should look like. In his definition, beauty and normality are one: it was this that established Raphael's fame and at the same time provoked resistance. For the normal, repeated through the centuries, eventually becomes boring, and indeed burdensome. [...] (From the publisher)Περιεχόμενα
Paths of access to a classicApprenticeship and early years as a master
Raphael in Florence
The Madonna
Painter in the Vatican
The large altarpieces
The patron: Agostino Chigi
Portraits
Epilogue: "Those fine classical buildings'
Chronology
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