Taschen Raphael 8 Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti

Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564) was a tormented

with rubber tires

burned all the cash in his wallet

as well as one of the most extraordinary series of portraits and self-portraits in history

Through rich illustrations of his work

Taschen Raphael 8 Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico BuonarrotiIn art history, we tend to be on first name terms only with the most revered of masters. The Renaissance painter and architect Raphael Santi (14831520) is one such star. The man we call simply Raphael has for centuries been hailed as a supreme Renaissance artist. For some, he even outstrips his equally famous, equally first named, contemporaries, Leonardo and Michelangelo. From 1500 to 1508, Raphael worked throughout central Italy, particularly in