Painting in Renaissance Perugia
Perugino, Raphael, and their Circles

A comprehensive study of Renaissance painting in Perugia, from Pietro Perugino to Raphael Santi and artists working in their circles.

Sheri Francis Shaneyfelt (Author)

9781009265584, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 May 2023

350 pages
25.9 x 18.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.73 kg

This volume offers the first comprehensive study of painting in Renaissance Perugia from the late fifteenth to the mid- sixteenth centuries. Showcasing works by Perugino, Raphael, and Pintoricchio, as well as less familiar artists who worked in Perugia from ca. 1480–1540, Sheri Shaneyfelt traces  the influence and impact of Perugino's workshop in central Italy over more than a half a century. She demonstrates why Perugia, which has been overlooked in modern scholarship, was such a vital center for the production of early modern Italian art. Shaneyfelt's study also shifts the focus away from the analysis of individual artistic creativity by highlighting the importance and significance of collaboration and workshop production in Renaissance Italy. Interweaving historical and archival evidence with analyses of numerous paintings and drawings, her book, richly illustrated with 115 color illustrations, offers many new insights into the vibrant artistic culture of early modern Perugia.

1. Pietro Perugino and his Perugian workshop
2. Giannicola di Paolo, case study of a prominent local painter
3. Berto di Giovanni, Eusebio da San Giorgio, and the Società del 1496
4. Raphael Santi and the Perugians
5. Domenico Alfani, the next generation.

Subject Areas: Individual artists, art monographs [AGB], Painting & paintings [AFC], Renaissance art [ACND]