Claudia La Malfa

The Renaissance artist Raphael is known for his extraordinary frescoes, his sublime Madonnas, devotional altarpieces, architectural designs, and his inventive prints and tapestries. It was his use of ancient Roman models—classical sculptures, reliefs, and paintings—that formed his much admired classical style and influenced the styles of many later artists. In Raphael and the Antique, Claudia La Malfa gives a full...