Taschen Raphael 8

Taschen Raphael 8In art history, we tend to be on first name terms only with the most revered of masters. The Renaissance painter and architect Raphael Santi (14831520) is one such star. The man we call simply Raphael has for centuries been hailed as a supreme Renaissance artist. For some, he even outstrips his equally famous, equally first named, contemporaries, Leonardo and Michelangelo. From 1500 to 1508, Raphael worked throughout central Italy, particularly in

Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564) was a tormented

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argued instead for simple

burned all the cash in his wallet

including his founding of Die Brücke

as well as one of the most extraordinary series of portraits and self-portraits in history

With his groundbreaking use of industrial production techniques and trivial

His prolific oeuvre encompasses religious

Through rich illustrations of his work

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