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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology Department of Western Art Handbook: Michelangelo and Raphael |
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 The Author: Dr. Catherine Whistler is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Western Art of the Ashmolean Museum. |
Raphael and Michelangelo were both superb
draughtsmen, whose drawings were sought after
by other artists and by collectors in their own
time. Trained in the Quattrocento workshop
tradition of skilful control in drawing, and
inspired by the innovations of Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo and Raphael each brought technical
mastery to new heights and in so doing
transformed the status of drawing itself.
In the handbook Drawings by Michelangelo and Raphael, the technique and purpose of a variety of drawings by both artists are scrutinized in an attempt to examine the attitude to drawing and the working methods of these temperamentally opposed masters. The drawings selected are all in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, which has one of the finest groups of Raphael drawings in the world and an important collection of drawings by Michelangelo. |
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Last updated: jcm/9-mar-1999 Page created: jcm/9-mar-1999 |