Table of Contents

Contents: Julius II and Raphael: the Right 'Connections'; The Raphael Rooms in the Vatican; The Room of the Segnatura; Raphael's Masterpiece: The School of Athens; The School of Athens; Raphael, His Life and Times.

About the Author

Marco Carminati graduated with a degree in Medieval and Modern Art History at the Universita Cattolica in Milan in 1986. A professional journalist, since 1990 he has been head of the art, architecture and cultural heritage section of the 'Domenicale', the Sole 24 ORE's Sunday cultural supplement. He has written monographs on Italian Renaissance painters (Piero della Francesca, Cesare da Sesto, the illuminator Master BF), and on Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. He recently published Il Davide in Carrozza (Milan, 2009); the first history of the fantastic adventures of works of art while being transported.