Books with title Raphael

Although Raphael is best remembered today for his Madonna and Child paintings, he was in great demand during his lifetime to paint dukes, counts, and fashionable ladies. Popes, cardinals, and noblemen wanted Raphael to paint frescoes on their walls, design their villas, and decorate their chapels. Raphael spent his childhood in a palace surrounded by art, music and poetry. Called Prince of Painters, he represented the ideal Renaissance Man, expressing the beauty, humanism, and culture that defined the age. Less familiar, yet revealed in this book, is Raphael s love of archaeology and his determination to preserve ancient Roman monuments. His life and art display a knowledge of classical architecture and philosophy. Raphael continually worked to improve his drawing and painting skills. He learned techniques from other artists that he incorporated into his unique style, and he ran a successful studio for younger artists. His remarkable portraits reveal much about each sitter s personality. Raphael was amazingly productive in his short life and remains one of history s most admired artists.

Fallen (adj.); overthrown, destroyed, or conquered.Being thrown into the thick of a war between man and demon with his kin wasn’t what Raphael expected… or wanted. Disoriented from his century-long slumber, he finds himself far away from his brother with no recollection of ever abandoning him. Forced into the army to fight alongside man as they fought for their world, Raphael is hit with an unexpected twist, causing him to turn on the people who confided in him. Stuck between the past and his new reality, he sets off to find the brother he can no longer feel, while fighting off the ever-growing darkness within him. Considering himself a threat, he isolates himself from the world, hoping to soon find the other Archangels and end the cataclysm threatening to tear their worlds apart."You will kill us all."

Italian artist Raphael created paintings and frescoes and also worked as an architect during the Renaissance. This biography discusses Raphael's childhood, early artwork, commissions, patrons such as the Catholic Church and the Medici family, frescoes for the Vatican, work as an architect of St. Peter's Basilica, tapestry designs for the Sistine Chapel, workshop, and artistic rivalries and competitions. Sidebars, a glossary, an index, and a phonetics section accompany easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of Raphael's artwork, including Madonna del Granduca, Marriage of the Virgin, The Entombment, School of Athens, and Sistine Madonna.