Raphael. The paintings. (3 volumes)

Sobre el libro Raphael. The paintings. (3 volumes) de Jürg Meyer zur Capellen publicado por Arcos Verlag al 2008:

This publication presents a complete catalogue of Raphael´s painted œuvre in three volumes.
The first volume is devoted to Raphael´s early works, while the second and third volumes concentrate on the artist´s years in Rome. Each volume consists of an introduction, a critical catalogue, a select bibliography and an extensive section with illustrations of the paintings and related drawings.
His altarpieces, devotional paintings and portraits provide defining examples of Raphael´s development and of his artistic relationship with the great contemporaries as well as with 15th century traditions. From the rich corpus of surviving studies, exemplary sketches for the paintings are examined as well as drawings of subjects the artist contemplated but never realised in painting.
The main text aims therefore to describe the main outlines of Raphael´s artistic development and provide insights into the unfolding of his personal language of forms. The catalogue section is arranged by genres, with each group treated in chronological order and gives a close reading of the individual paintings together with a discussion of the relevant scholarly literature.