The drawings of Raphael and his circle offer a unique view into the creative processes of this renowned artist. Sixty-eight of his most discussed and controversial studies of form, movement and detail from the collection at the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, are examined here by a leading scholar. Works by Raphael's masters such as Perugino, and his pupils including Giulio Romano, Perino del Vaga and Polidoro da Caravaggio are considered together -- examining the development of workshop methods, style and techniques -- and as individual works of art.

"I felt that it would be of unusual value to scholars and to the public generally if we could see Raphael in relation to the artists working in his circle in Rome. Therefore, nearly half of the works described in this volume are by Raphael; the others are by Giulio Romano, Giovanni Francesco Penni, Perino del Vaga, Polidoro da Caravaggio, and Baldassare Peruzzi." /

The drawings of Raphael and his circle offer a unique view into the creative processes of this renowned artist. Sixty-eight of his most discussed and controversial studies of form, movement and detail from the collection at the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, are examined here by a leading scholar. Works by Raphael's masters such as Perugino, and his pupils including Giulio Romano, Perino del Vaga and Polidoro da Caravaggio are considered together -- examining the development of workshop methods, style and techniques -- and as individual works of art.