Table of Contents

Introduction Marcia B. Hall; Part I. Before Rome: 1. Young Raphael and the practice of painting in Renaissance Italy Jeryldene M. Wood; 2. From the Court of Urbino to the Curia and Rome: Raphael and his patrons 1500–1508 Sheryl E. Reiss; Part II. Rome: 3. The contested city: urban form in early sixteenth-century Rome Linda Pellecchia; 4. The Vatican Stanze Ingrid Rowland; 5. One role, two sitters, one artist: Raphael's papal portraits Joanna Woods-Marsden; 6. The competition between Raphael and Michelangelo and Sebastiano's role in it Constanza Barbieri; Part III. Raphael and his Successors: 7. Raphael's workshop and the development of a managerial style Bette Talvacchia; 8. Raphael's multiples Patricia Emison; 9. Raphael drawings, pro-contra Linda Wolk-Simon; Part IV. The Assessment of History: 10. Classicism, Mannerism, and the Relieflike style Marcia B. Hall; 11. French identity in the realm of Raphael Carl Goldstein; 12. Raphael's European fame in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Giovanna Perini; 13. Restoring Raphael Cathleen Hoeniger.

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This book examines all facets of the High Renaissance painter Raphael.

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