Rafael. Pinturas, frescos, tapices. 45th Ed. by Michael Rohlmann - 9783754403457

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Rafael. Pinturas, frescos, tapices. 45th Ed.Author(s): Michael Rohlmann\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taschen GmbH, Germany\nImprint: Taschen GmbH\nISBN-13: 9783754403457, 978-3754403457\nSynopsis\nRaphael [tel] is considered the most important artist of the Italian High Renaissance alongside Michelangelo and Leonardo. In his short lifetime he created around one hundred paintings and numerous frescoes, including nine fresco cycles, on an unsurpassed variety of themes\nfrom sensual female beauties, antique myths and portraits of wealthy Romans and church dignitaries to history cycles and biblical scenes. He produced altarpieces, as well as designing tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. His Sistine Madonna is one of the most frequently reproduced religious paintings of all time.\n Raphael was a tireless learner, for whom there could be no standing still, no repetition of tried and tested solutions, but only the constant forward thrust of an inexhaustible imagination. He transfor.