Raphael, sublime poetry / Carmen C. Bambach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bambach, Carmen, author, curator.

Contributor:

Raphael, 1483-1520, artist.

Aceto, Angelamaria, contributor.

Beltramini, Guido, contributor.

Billinge, Rachel, contributor.

Spring, Marika, contributor.

Cerasuolo, Angela, contributor.

Frosinini, Cecilia, contributor.

González Mozo, Ana, contributor.

Michelozzi, Maurizio, contributor.

Racco, Tiffany, contributor.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), hosting institution, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Raphael, 1483-1520--Exhibitions.

Raphael.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

427 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, plans ; 31 cm

Distribution:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press

Other Title:

Sublime poetry

Place of Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2026]

Summary:

"The definitive survey of a celebrated master of Italian Renaissance art, featuring groundbreaking new research by a leading expert on Raphael's life and work Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi; 1483-1520) is unquestionably one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance. Despite living only thirty-seven years, he quickly emerged as a peer to both Leonardo and his avowed rival, Michelangelo. Raphael: Sublime Poetry spans his short but spectacular life and career, from his early training amid the culture of his native Urbino, through his prolific years in Florence, to his final, magnificent decade at the papal court in Rome. Though Raphael is best known for his meteoric success as a painter, draftsman, designer, and architect, this catalogue highlights his equal accomplishments as a humanist, antiquarian, and poet. Carmen C. Bambach offers fresh perspectives on the beloved artist, reconsidering his well-known masterpieces and uncovering the importance of rarely seen treasures. The publication also sheds new light on Raphael's relationship with women by identifying previously unrecognized models for his portraits and discussing the agency of his female patrons. Bringing together more than two hundred of Raphael's drawings, paintings, tapestries, and decorative arts from public and private collections around the world, this catalogue is rich in archival discoveries and firsthand technical analyses. Lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched, it is the definitive text on the artist's life, art, and enduring legacy" -- Publisher's description

Contents:

Sponsor's Statement

Director's Foreword / Max Hollein

Acknowledgments

Lenders to the Exhibition

Contributors to the Catalogue

Note to the Reader

Raphael: Sublime Poetry / Carmen C. Bambach

The Timeless Artist

Raphael of Urbino

From Student to Master

Between Perugia, Urbino, and Florence

Glory and Majesty at the Papal Court

Portraits and the Artifice of Self-Presentation

The Entrepreneurial Artist and His Collaborators

The Poetic Eloquence of the Painter-Architect

Epilogue

The Prince of Painters

The Contribution of Science and Architecture

Designing the Chigi Chapels / Angelamaria Aceto

Architectural Projects in Rome / Guido Beltramini

Raphael's Underdrawings: New Insights / Rachel Billinge and Marika Spring

Collaboration and Delegation in the Workshop / Angela Cerasuolo

Stationers and Tracing Paper / Cecilia Frosinini

Two Madonnas: Recent Findings / Ana González Mozo

Cartoon Assembly and Construction / Maurizio Michelozzi

Catalogue of the Exhibition / Carmen C. Bambach, with the assistance of Tiffany Racco

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Photography Credits.

Notes:

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Raphael: Sublime Poetry, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 29 to June 28, 2026."--Colophon

"Dive into the artistic process of one of history's most beloved and influential artists. A true titan of the Italian Renaissance, Raffaello di Giovanni Santi (1483-1520)--better known as Raphael--matched ambition with lyricism to create works with both intellectual heft and emotional depth, a necessary skill in the complex political landscape of Renaissance courts. In his short life of only 37 years, he achieved such profound success as a painter, designer, and architect that he was regarded as the pinnacle of artistic perfection for centuries after his death. Raphael: Sublime Poetry is the first comprehensive exhibition on Raphael in the United States, bringing together more than 200 of the artist's greatest masterpieces and rarely seen treasures to illuminate the brilliance of Raphael's extraordinary creativity. The son of a painter and poet, Raphael engaged with the foremost writers and thinkers of his age in Rome, displaying a poetic sensibility that captivated his peers and generations that followed. Follow the full breadth of his life and career, from his origins in Urbino to his rise in Florence, where he began to emerge as a peer of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, to his final, prolific decade at the papal court in Rome. To underscore the range of his genius, this presentation brings together important drawings, paintings, and tapestries from public and private collections across Europe and the United States, many of which have never been shown together. With particular attention to Raphael's portrayal of women--from his use of nude female models for the first time in Western art to his tender depictions of the Madonna and Child--and recent scientific discoveries made using state-of-the-art technology, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the genius of an artist who helped shape the course of art history." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website

Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-420) and index

ISBN:

9781588398116

1588398110

OCLC:

1570836933

Publisher Number:

CIPO000371834