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1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Raphael was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance and one of the most important and influential in the entire history of art. His practice of 'synthetic' or 'critical' imitation became a model of creative method; his engagement with the principle of decorum revealed its deeper expressive and philosophical significance and the operation of his workshop helped to redefine the nature of the work that artists do. Robert Williams draws upon the history of literature, philosophy, and religion, as well as upon economic history, to support his detailed and illuminating accounts of Raphael's major works. His analyses serve as the foundation for a set of hypotheses about the aims and aspirations of Italian Renaissance art in general and the nature of art-historical inquiry. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Introduction; 1 Universa Pingendi Ratio; Vasari on Raphael's Stylistic Development; A Modern Assessment of Vasari's Account; The Theory of Imitation; The Afterlife of the Ottimo Universale; 2 The Systematicity of Representation; Unpacking Decorum; "Everything in its Silence Seems to Speak"; Discursivity and Decoration: The Loggia of Leo X; Discursivity and Devotion: Madonnas and Altarpieces; Portraiture and the Order of the Genres; Conclusion: Repacking Decorum. |
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3 The Rationalization of Labor; Vasari's Testimony; Other Sources; Modern Scholarship; The Economic-Historical Context; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Raphael, 1483-1520 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Raphael, 1483-1520. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Art, Italian -- Historiography.
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Art, Italian -- Historiography. |
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Art, Italian. |
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Art, Renaissance -- Historiography.
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Art, Renaissance. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General. |
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Art, Renaissance -- Historiography. |
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ART -- History -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, Robert, 1955- Raphael and the redefinition of art in Renaissance Italy. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017 9781107131507 (DLC) 2016050606 (OCoLC)962141067 |
| ISBN |
9781108147354 (electronic book) |
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1108147356 (electronic book) |
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9781316460030 |
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1316460037 |
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1107591120 |
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9781107591127 |
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9781107131507 |
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1107131502 |
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9781107591127 (paperback) |
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