$186.11
- Hardcover
428 pages
- Release Date
20 June 2026
Summary
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
Though he lived a mere 37 years, Raphael (Raffaello di Giovanni Santi; 1483–1520) was a towering figure of the Italian Renaissance, achieving meteoric success not only as a painter, draftsman, designer, and architect but also as a humanist, antiquarian, and poet. Raphael: Sublime Poetry surveys the full b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588398116 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1588398110 |
| Author: | Carmen C. Bambach |
| Publisher: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Imprint: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 428 |
| Release Date: | 20 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 2.70kg |
| Dimensions: | 48mm x 251mm x 314mm |
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Critics Review
“The Met’s Raphael exhibition is a feat… . So, too, is the catalog… . 400 pages of (mostly) chronological overview of this prince among painters. I came away with a new appreciation for his hometown pride, his hustler attitude, and the life story that underpins his unparalleled depictions of mother and child.”–Lisa Yin Zhang, Hyperallergic
“Raphael’s use of female models in Rome is just one manifestation of his interest in women and we should be grateful to Carmen C. Bambach, author of the catalogue and one of the curators of the exhibition, for digging out the scattered references to women in the scholarship on the artist.”–Shiela Barker, Apollo
Featured in Spring 2026 Preview, Publishers Weekly
Carmen C. Bambach
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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