“Here is that Raphael from whom, as long as he lived, Mother Nature he feared be surpassed by him and when he died she feared she would die with him.”

(epigraph from Raphael's tomb in the Pantheon in Rome)

The “MONTE LINAS” Library System

on the occasion of the five hundredth anniversary of his death, It presents:

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Ithe divine Painter 1520-2020

 

multimedia bibliographic exhibition

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

A Short Walk: Raphael's Life, Illustrated by Himself / Riccardo Balsamo-Crivelli. – Milan: Hoepli, 1952.

The text recounts the life of the famous painter, illustrated with 67 engravings and plates by the artist.

 

 

 

 

The Geniuses of Painting: Raphael. – Milan: Mondadori, 1980

Raphael up close, his masterpieces, the secrets of his art and what the greats wrote about him.

 

 

    

 

Reading Raphael: The School of Athens and Its Pretext / Glenn W. Most. Turin: Einaudi, c. 2001

In 1510, Raphael frescoed the so-called "School of Athens" on a wall of the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. This work has influenced the last five centuries of our culture, engaging eminent scholars and art critics in repeated but unsatisfactory attempts at interpretation. Glenn Most, with a surprising and historically sound argument, has concluded that the source of this marvelous fresco lies in a passage from Plato's "Protagoras," in which we find the same interpretative elements and the same grandeur. The author, however, is convinced that the "School of Athens" is something far more than a simple pictorial transposition of Plato's text, and through a precise and brilliant analysis, he discovers in the fresco complex and erudite references to the Neoplatonic philosophy of the time, as well as insistent references to Etruscan elements, in keeping with the prevailing taste of the time. These details allow for a new and more complete reading of Raphael's work and push us to question the interpretative limits of such an investigation and the possibility of applying it to other paintings.

 

The Complete Works of Raphael / Introduction by Michele Prisco; critical and philological apparatus by Pierluigi De Vecchi. – Milan: Rizzoli, 1971

Documentation on the man and the artist. Catalogue of works with a chronological and iconographic list of all the paintings by Raffaello Sanzio or attributed to him.

 

 

 

Raphael / edited by Adolfo Venturi; text updated by Lionello Venturi. – Milan: Mondadori, 1952.

An in-depth biography of Raphael and an accurate description of the genesis of his major works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raphael / texts by Marco Albertario. – Milan: Electa, c.1994

Aimed at a discerning but non-specialist readership, this volume presents a monographic summary of Raphael's life and work. A brief introductory essay examines the circumstances that shaped Raphael's birth and development as a person.

 

 

 

 

 

Raphael / by Attilio Baratti. – Rome: Pauline Editions, 1959   

Attilio Baratti narrates the life of Raphael the man and the painter, his work, his spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

Raphael / Clemente Fusero. – Milan: Dall'Oglio, printed 1983

The five-hundredth anniversary of Raphael's birth has sparked a fervent wave of commemorative initiatives and conferences not only in Italy but throughout the world. This biography admirably sheds light not only on the artist's work but also on the man's character, overcoming many difficulties, primarily due to the lack of illuminating documents, apart from the few surviving letters, and revealing events.

 

 

Raphael. – Milan: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1976               

Life and works of the famous artist in two illustrated volumes.

 

 

 

 

Raphael: Grace and Beauty. – Geneva-Milan: Skira, 2001

An original thematic monograph focusing on one of Raphael's favorite subjects, the portrait, which exemplifies the quintessential ideals of the Italian Renaissance: grace and beauty. The volume presents a selection of Raphael's extraordinary portraits, including such celebrated masterpieces as La Fornarina, La Velata, Lady with a Unicorn, The Three Graces, the Portrait of Baldassarre Castiglione, and the Double Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano, as well as other paintings and drawings. This exhibition spans Raphael's entire career, featuring approximately thirty masterpieces from major museums around the world.

 

Raphael: The Sublime Renaissance / edited by Giorgio Dell'Arti

Youth: The wonders of a student. In Tuscany painting Madonnas. At work in the Vatican. Under the sign of eros. The power of the powerful.

 

 

 

 

Raphael: The Pictorial Work / Konrad Oberhuber. – Milan: Electa, c.1999

Konrad Oberhuber analyzes the pictorial oeuvre of Raffaello Sanzio, from the best-known to the lesser-known. The text concludes with a catalogue of his works, a basic bibliography, and an index. This volume is a special edition of the text published in 1999.

 

 

Raphael in the Rooms / Text by D. Redig De Campos. – Florence: Martello-Giunti, c.1983

In 1508, Pope Julius II, then at the height of his glory, had the Sistine Chapel decorated by Michelangelo and his private apartments by Raphael, creating in just a few years two of the greatest works in the entire history of art. While Michelangelo focused on the creation of man, Raphael evoked in the Stanza della Segnatura the great Mediterranean tradition, from Homer to his own time.

 

 

Rome: Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio, Bernini, Borromini / edited by Livia Velani, Giovanni Grego. – Florence Milan: Scala RCS periodici, 2003

Guide to Raphael's monuments and works in Rome.

 

 

 

 

Look Me in the Eyes / Giovanni Montanaro. – Milan: Feltrinelli, 2017

A portrait of formidable grace and, in the background, conspiracies, slander and the mystery of a ring that appears and disappears: the legendary love story between Raphael and the Fornarina.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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VIDEOGRAPHY:

 

The 10 most famous works:

 

   - SAINT SEBASTIAN

 

 

- THE MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN

 

 

- THE LADY WITH THE UNICORN

 

 

– THE BAGLIONI ALTARPIECE or BORGHESE DEPOSITION

 

 

- THE MADONNA OF THE GOLDFINCH

 

 

- THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS

 

 

- TRIUMPH OF GALATEA

 

 

- OUR LADY OF THE CHAIR

 

 

- PORTRAIT OF BALDASSAR CASTIGLIONE

 

 

- THE TRANSFIGURATION