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Raphael´s Tapestries: The Grotesques of Leo X
Lorraine Karafel
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Description for Raphael´s Tapestries: The Grotesques of Leo X
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 100 color + 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AFWH; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 296 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Around 1515, Raphael (1483-1520) designed a set of tapestries for Leo X, the first Medici pope. Each was sumptuously woven in gold, silver, and silk, and depicted scenes from classical mythology with inventive grotesques. Now lost, these spectacular, grand-scale textiles are reconstructed in Raphael's Tapestries and set among a series of unprecedented decorative projects that Pope Leo commissioned from the artist. Likely produced by the Brussels weaver Pieter van Aelst, the tapestries pioneered a new all'antica style analogous with contemporary painted and sculpted interior programs. Tapestries played a central role at Leo's court, as spectacle and as propaganda, and ... Read more
Around 1515, Raphael (1483-1520) designed a set of tapestries for Leo X, the first Medici pope. Each was sumptuously woven in gold, silver, and silk, and depicted scenes from classical mythology with inventive grotesques. Now lost, these spectacular, grand-scale textiles are reconstructed in Raphael's Tapestries and set among a series of unprecedented decorative projects that Pope Leo commissioned from the artist. Likely produced by the Brussels weaver Pieter van Aelst, the tapestries pioneered a new all'antica style analogous with contemporary painted and sculpted interior programs. Tapestries played a central role at Leo's court, as spectacle and as propaganda, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
1262g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300181999
SKU
V9780300181999
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About Lorraine Karafel
Lorraine Karafel is assistant professor of art and design history at Parsons School of Design.
Reviews for Raphael´s Tapestries: The Grotesques of Leo X
Writing about lost works is difficult, and Karafel handles the task with eloquence, offering a logical presentation, clearly written text, and outstanding illustrations . . . Scholarly yet accessible, this book contributes nicely to discussion of understudied aspects of Renaissance art. -Choice
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