The Afterlife of Raphael's Paintings

ISBN-13: 9780521196949 / Twarda / 2010 / 432 str.

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Opis

Raphael is one of the rare artists who have never gone out of fashion. Acclaimed during his lifetime, he was imitated by contemporaries and served as a model for painters through the nineteenth century. Because of the artist s renown, his works have continuously been subject to care, conservation, and restoration. In this book, Cathleen Hoeniger focuses on the legacy of Raphael s art: the historical trajectory or afterlife of the paintings themselves. The appreciation of Raphael was expressed and the restoration of his works debated in contemporary treatises, which provide a backdrop for probing the fortune of his paintings. What happened to his panel-paintings and frescoes in the centuries after his death in 1520? Some were lost altogether; others were severely damaged in natural disasters; and many were affected by uncontrolled climactic conditions, by travel from one place to another, and by the not always cautious and careful hands of restorers. This book reveals the five-hundred-year story of many of Raphael s most well-known paintings."

Recenzje

' … a book that one reads with pleasure, and that will remain for a long time extremely interesting for readers of different interests and levels of competence.' The Burlington Magazine

Spis treści

1. An introduction to the history of restoring Raphael's paintings; 2. The reception of Raphael, with a focus on the Vatican Stanze; 3. The history of damage and restoration to Raphael's Stanze and the restoration of the Loggia of Psyche in 1693–5; 4. The French king's Raphaels, 1750–1792; 5. The English reception and restoration of Raphael's cartoons, c.1525–1800; 6. Changing ownership at a time of war: the movement of seventeen paintings by Raphael during the Napoleonic era; 7. Raphael's great altarpieces in Paris and Dresden, 1801–1828; 8. 'Heritage preservation', the establishment of national galleries, and the restoration of Raphael in nineteenth-century Italy; 9. Attention to detail in the study and preservation of Raphael's art during the nineteenth century; 10. Conclusion: meticulous research, revelatory cleanings, and the rediscovery of a lost Raphael.