Raphael: Sublime Poetry by Bambach, Carmen C.
Raphael: Sublime Poetry by Bambach, Carmen C.

Raphael: Sublime Poetry

The definitive survey of one of the masters of Italian Renaissance art, featuring groundbreaking new research by...
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Author: Carmen C. Bambach
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Raphael: Sublime Poetry by Bambach, Carmen C.

Raphael: Sublime Poetry

$90.00
Raphael: Sublime Poetry by Bambach, Carmen C.

Raphael: Sublime Poetry

$90.00
Author: Carmen C. Bambach
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

The definitive survey of one of the masters 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.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(March 29-June 28, 2026)



Author: Carmen C. Bambach
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Published: 04/14/2026
Pages: 428
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 5.90lbs
Size: 12.30h x 9.80w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9781588398116

About the Author
Carmen C. Bambach is Marica F. and Jan T. Vilcek Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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