书 名：Raphael / 拉斐尔 

作 者：David Ekserdjian 

出 版：Yale University Press，2022 

装 帧：精装，328页 

尺 寸：24X28 cm

在意大利文艺复兴时期的伟大人物中，拉斐尔（Raphael，1483-1520）无疑是几个世纪以来受到最广泛与持久赞颂的艺术家。他有一种非凡的，也许是无与伦比的自我改造力——当他从翁布里亚发展到佛罗伦萨和罗马时——还有一种从他周围的其他伟大艺术家身上汲取力量的能力。竞争越白热化，他的地位似乎就越高。

本书以深刻而无可挑剔的研究，全面地对拉斐尔的职业生涯的进行了编年史的整理，体现了丰富与复杂性。书中的文章探讨了拉斐尔的绘画与素描，他在梵蒂冈的壁画，他的挂毯，雕塑还有版画的设计，以及他对于建筑的涉猎。详细而权威的图录条目检视了许多拉斐尔最为杰出的作品。

本书作者大卫·艾克瑟德简（David Ekserdjian）是莱斯特大学艺术与电影史的教授，汤姆·亨利（Tom Henry）是一位独立学者。

A definitive overview of one of the most celebrated figures of the Italian Renaissance

Among the great figures of the Italian Renaissance, Raphael (1483–1520)  is unarguably the artist who has been most widely and consistently admired across the centuries. He had an extraordinary and perhaps unrivaled capacity for self-reinvention—as he progressed from Umbria to Florence and Rome—and an ability to draw strength from the other great artists around him, seemingly growing in stature the more daunting the competition became. This insightful, impeccably researched, and comprehensive volume chronicles the progress of his career in all its richness and complexity. Sumptuous production values and generous illustrations go hand in hand with its rigorous and wide-ranging scholarship. The essays explore Raphael’s paintings and drawings, his frescoes in the Vatican Stanze, his designs for tapestries, sculptures and prints, and his engagement with architecture. Detailed and authoritative catalogue entries examine many of Raphael’s finest works.