Henning, Andreas - Die Sixtinische Madonna Von Raffael

Dresden, Germany, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden / Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2010. Softcover. pictorial & orange glued wrappers w/ white printing; printed french flaps. 80 pgs w/ 44 color illustrations. Text in German. content as follows: Raffel's "Sistine Madonna" is just as famous as Leonardo's Mona Lisa. Even more: the two angels who loll so nicely at the bottom of the picture are present worldwide. The fame that surrounds Raphael's painting today, however, was not a given. The book traces the history of the "Sistine Madonna" from its creation to the present. Raphael created the altarpiece around 1512/13 - probably on behalf of the Pope, then it hung almost unnoticed in a monastery church in northern Italy for 250 years. Only with the purchase of the picture by August III. and the complicated, often failing purchase negotiations began its real discovery. The myth of the painting is also examined. The representatives of romanticism laid the foundation for the work's popularity around 1800. And at the same time the little angels also developed a life of their own that would lead them through all the ups and downs of good taste. Near Fine. edge-wear to french flap corners. clean interior. tight binding.

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