Raphael at the MET: The Sovereignty of Poetry

Raphael at the MET: The sovereignty of poetry

Poetry, depending on who is asked, is structure, seduction, or revelation. A classicist, with admirable rigidity, will insist it is form perfected. A romantic, more permissive, will argue it is emotion distilled. A philosopher, perhaps the most dangerous of the three, might suggest it is the closest language comes to truth without collapsing under its own ambition. Then, almost inconveniently, there is Raphael, who renders the entire debate insu…

First major Raphael exhibition in the U.S. opens at The Met

Iconic works by Italian Renaissance master Raphael will go on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, bringing many of the artist’s most celebrated pieces to the United States for the first time. On view from March 29 through June 28, “Raphael: Sublime Poetry” is the first comprehensive international loan exhibition in the country dedicated to the artist. Spanning his full career, the exhibition will feature more than 200 works, including over 1…