Raphael and France: The Artist as Paradigm and Symbol

by Martin Rosenberg

From ancient Greece to Renaissance Italy to the Modern period, the classical ideal, with its elusive goal of perfecting nature, has held a tenacious grip on Western culture. Nowhere has its hold on the artistic imagination been more pervasive than in France between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. The art and life of Raphael formed the bedrock of the classical tradition in French art, yet no comprehensive study of Raphael's impact on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271013001
• ISBN13: 9780271013008
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"