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ISBN
9780743265140
Book Title
Dragon's Trail : the Biography of Raphael's Masterpiece
Publisher
Touchstone
Item Length
8.5 in
Publication Year
2008
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
Joanna Pitman
Genre
Art, History
Topic
Individual Artists / General, Europe / Renaissance, General, History / General, History / Renaissance
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Publisher
Touchstone
ISBN-10
0743265149
ISBN-13
9780743265140
eBay Product ID (ePID)
62098010

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Book Title
Dragon's Trail : the Biography of Raphael's Masterpiece
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / General, Europe / Renaissance, General, History / General, History / Renaissance
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, History
Author
Joanna Pitman
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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"Read it you must: it is an exhilarating documentation of a remarkable painting."-- The Art Newspaper (UK), "An extraordinary journey through history . . . Pitman also shows paintings have strange histories, the struggle to acquire them often being more fascinating than the stories they depict."-- The Mail on Sunday (UK), "An extraordinary journey through history . . . Pitman also shows paintings have strange histories, the struggle to acquire them often being more fascinating than the stories they depict." -- The Mail on Sunday (UK), "Art history for the general reader comes no more stylishly packaged than this. Pitman pursues historical truth, yet makes it read as a thriller."-- "Country Life" (UK), "Read it you must: it is an exhilarating documentation of a remarkable painting." -- The Art Newspaper (UK), "An enthralling piece of detective work...a pithy and chilling insight into the mind of this precocious artist."-- The Times (UK), "Art history for the general reader comes no more stylishly packaged than this. Pitman pursues historical truth, yet makes it read as a thriller."--Country Life(UK), "An enthralling piece of detective work...a pithy and chilling insight into the mind of this precocious artist."--The Times(UK), "An enthralling piece of detective work...a pithy and chilling insight into the mind of this precocious artist."-- "The Times" (UK), "Read it you must: it is an exhilarating documentation of a remarkable painting."--The Art Newspaper(UK), "An extraordinary journey through history . . . Pitman also shows paintings have strange histories, the struggle to acquire them often being more fascinating than the stories they depict."-- "The Mail on Sunday" (UK), "An enthralling piece of detective work...a pithy and chilling insight into the mind of this precocious artist." -- The Times (UK), "Art history for the general reader comes no more stylishly packaged than this. Pitman pursues historical truth, yet makes it read as a thriller." -- Country Life (UK), "Art history for the general reader comes no more stylishly packaged than this. Pitman pursues historical truth, yet makes it read as a thriller."-- Country Life (UK), "Read it you must: it is an exhilarating documentation of a remarkable painting."-- "The Art Newspaper" (UK)
Table Of Content
Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Epilogue Index
Synopsis
Raphael's St. George and the Dragon is the work of a genius -- an exquisitely rendered vision of heroism and innocence by one of the greatest painters of all time. Yet the painting's creation is only the beginning of its fascinating story, which spans centuries of power play and intrigue, and has made it a witness to the rise and fall of the great powers of the Western world as it seduced its owners to ever greater heights of corruption and greed. Raphael's masterpiece was commissioned by Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, the ruler of Urbino, in 1506. Raphael was only twenty-three years old, but he had already begun to acquire a reputation as a painter who was as ruthless in his pursuit of money as he was talented. The duke sent the painting to England's King Henry VII as a thank-you for naming him a knight in the Order of the Garter. The painting then mysteriously disappeared for one hundred years until King Charles I saw it hanging in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke and acquired it for a book of Holbein drawings. After Charles was beheaded in 1649, his collection was broken up and the painting made its way to the private gallery of the third-richest man in France, where it was ensconced in its own special room. Thirty years later, the philosopher Diderot was instructed by Catherine the Great of Russia to buy it for her vast collection at the Hermitage. The heroic curators of the Hermitage protected St. George and the Dragon from fire, water, and the anarchists of the Russian Revolution, until Joseph Stalin sold it in 1930 to raise cash. The secret buyer was Andrew Mellon, Treasury Secretary of the United States, who in doing so blatantly violated a U.S. sanction against doing any business with Soviet Russia. Mellon eventually founded The National Gallery in Washington, D.C., where St. George and the Dragon rests to this day. Exceptionally written and breathlessly paced, The Dragon's Trail is a microhistory that touches on the rise of the Tudors, the downfall of a Stuart, the twilight of the French aristocracy, the terrors of the Bolshevik revolution, and the depths of the Cold War -- all witnessed by one painting that inspired the best and the worst instincts in its owners., Raphael's "St. George and the Dragon" is the work of a genius -- an exquisitely rendered vision of heroism and innocence by one of the greatest painters of all time. Yet the painting's creation is only the beginning of its fascinating story, which spans centuries of power play and intrigue, and has made it a witness to the rise and fall of the great powers of the Western world as it seduced its owners to ever greater heights of corruption and greed.Raphael's masterpiece was commissioned by Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, the ruler of Urbino, in 1506. Raphael was only twenty-three years old, but he had already begun to acquire a reputation as a painter who was as ruthless in his pursuit of money as he was talented. The duke sent the painting to England's King Henry VII as a thank-you for naming him a knight in the Order of the Garter.The painting then mysteriously disappeared for one hundred years until King Charles I saw it hanging in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke and acquired it for a book of Holbein drawings. After Charles was beheaded in 1649, his collection was broken up and the painting made its way to the private gallery of the third-richest man in France, where it was ensconced in its own special room. Thirty years later, the philosopher Diderot was instructed by Catherine the Great of Russia to buy it for her vast collection at the Hermitage.The heroic curators of the Hermitage protected "St. George and the Dragon" from fire, water, and the anarchists of the Russian Revolution, until Joseph Stalin sold it in 1930 to raise cash. The secret buyer was Andrew Mellon, Treasury Secretary of the United States, who in doing so blatantly violated a U.S. sanction againstdoing any business with Soviet Russia. Mellon eventually founded The National Gallery in Washington, D.C., where "St. George and the Dragon" rests to this day.Exceptionally written and breathlessly paced, "The Dragon's Trail" is a microhistory that touches on the rise of the Tudors, the downfall of a Stuart, the twilight of the French aristocracy, the terrors of the Bolshevik revolution, and the depths of the Cold War -- all witnessed by one painting that inspired the best and the worst instincts in its owners., In her fascinating new book, Pitman has written an enthralling micro history of Raphael's painting "St. George and the Dragon"--as well as the colorful rogue's gallery of historical characters who have owned it.

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  • by ishmael7262
    Sep 05, 2010

    The Dragon's Trail By Joanna Pitman

    I loved the story. I was mesmerized from the first to the last page. The over 400 year journey that this wondrous work of art, by the great Raphael, was to travel was so thrilling; It held my attention to the end. Joanna Pitman did a great job writing the story, I only hope it is made into a movie. Starting with the lives of Raphael and Michelangelo, St. George's Dragon was sent on a journey through the lives of King, Queens, noble men and some not so noble; and then onto a near disastrous ending during the Russian Revolution. The would recommend this to everyone, even those who find reading about history boring. Pitman arranges the story and writes in such a way you won't find this boring at all.

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