Raphael in early modern sources (1483-1602) / John Shearman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shearman, John K. G.

Contributor:

Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institut.

Series:

Römische Forschungen der Bibliotheca Hertziana ; Bd. 30-31.

Römische Forschungen der Bibliotheca Hertziana ; Bd. 30-31

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Raphael, 1483-1520--Sources.

Raphael.

Raphael, 1483-1520.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xii, 1706 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

Text in English and Italian.

Summary:

This extraordinary work presents every known document concerning Raphael during a period of 120 years, from his birth in 1483 to 1602. The chronologically organized collection includes some 1,100 documents, many of which are newly discovered or little known, concerning the artist, his work, writings, family, properties, and other matters. The handsome two-volume set is an invaluable resource for art historians and historians of the Renaissance. Each document is included in transcription, in most cases made afresh from the original, and translations are provided for literary Latin and Greek. For each entry John Shearman provides commentary as well as a critical history and bibliography. In addition he offers an overall introduction that deals with the nature of documentary research, its limitations and possibilities, and the history of facsimiles and forgeries. Three useful indexes complete the two volumes.

Notes:

Published in cooperation with The Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institute for Art History, Rome.

"Veröffentlichungen der Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Rom."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages 1537-1635) and indexes.

ISBN:

0300099185

OCLC:

51871256