Epilonian Books

Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997

Catalog notes

Description

University of California Press [Published Date: 1980. Hardcover, xix, 159 pages, plus 16 unnumbered leaves of black and white plates. First printing (with full number line).

Condition & notes

In good condition/ NO dust jacket. Greet cloth covered boards have a faint coffee ring stain and a few spots on the front covers. light overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. A few pages have some very light marks in the margins (check marks, dash). Otherwise pages are unmarked. Color frontis piece, black and white illustrations. An analysis of Raphael's portrait of Pope Julius II, with an exploration the intersection of art, politics, and individualism in Renaissance Rome. Contents include: List of illustrations; Preface; Raphael's Julius and Renaissance individualism; Roles of a Renaissance pope; The setting and functions of a Renaissance portrait; Epilogue: the Julian image and high Renaissance culture in Rome; References; Credits for photographs; Index; Plates