Raphael’s most brilliant and innovative disciple: the reprint of the catalogue of the exhibition Giulio Romano presented in Mantua at Palazzo Te and Palazzo Ducale from 1 September to 12 November 1989 which codified a new interpretation of Giulio Romano’s work.

A bold monograph filled with engaging stories and probing studies. The work of Giulio Romano analysed in relation to the context of which it is an integral part: the courtly setting, the mental outlook, religious thought, customs and tastes. Whether pictorial, decorative, architectural or scenographic, the artist’s activity extended from the most minute elitist aspects but at the same time embodied fragments of a popular mentality, love for contrasts, irregularities, and the eccentric.

The volume is organised to reflect different approaches: continuity and discontinuity with tradition, the demands of a particular courtly environment, the ideals of a borderline era, traversed by profound anxieties and conflicts. The essays composing it are developed on several themes and bring up new issues rich in questions. For the works prior to 1524, as well as for the pictorial cycles and architecture of Palazzo Te, for the religious factories for the works in Mantua, while the catalogue of paintings and drawings has been radically revised.