- Fully illustrated guide to Raphael's masterpieces in the Vatican, Rome's museums, galleries, and churches- Includes Raphael's built architecture and his projects (for St.
Peter, etc.
)- The concise texts are up to date with the latest research on the artist and the findings deriving from recent conservation work- The Letter to Leo X, co-written by Raphael and Baldassar Castiglione, the author of The Courtesan, is also discussed; it is one of the first texts in history on the need to protect and.