{"product_id":"2940015593471","title":"GREAT ARTISTS Volume I","description":"RAPHAEL SANTI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"THE PERFECT ARTIST, THE PERFECT MAN.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are about to study Raphael, the most generally praised, the most\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful, and certainly the most loved of all the painters of the\u003cbr\u003eworld. When all these delightful things can be truthfully said of one\u003cbr\u003eman, surely we may look forward with pleasure to a detailed study of\u003cbr\u003ehis life and works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften in examining the lives of great men we are compelled to pass\u003cbr\u003eover some events which, to say the least, are not creditable. Of\u003cbr\u003eRaphael this was not true. He was gifted with all admirable qualities,\u003cbr\u003eand so many-sided was his genius that, while we think of him first as\u003cbr\u003ea painter, we must not forget that he also carved statues, wrote\u003cbr\u003epoems, played musical instruments, and planned great buildings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo much was he endeared to his pupils that, after he grew to be\u003cbr\u003efamous, he never went on the streets unless he was followed by an\u003cbr\u003eadmiring throng of these students, ever ready to do his bidding or to\u003cbr\u003edefend his art from any possible attack by malicious critics. He lived\u003cbr\u003eat a time when artists were fiercely jealous of each other, and yet\u003cbr\u003ewherever he went harmony, like a good angel, walked unseen beside him,\u003cbr\u003emaking whatever assembly he entered the abode of peace and good-will.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a beautiful thing that such a strong, lovable man should have\u003cbr\u003ehad for his name that of the chief of the archangels, Raphael, a name\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful of sound and ever suggestive of beauty and loveliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere seemed to have been special preparation for the birth of this\u003cbr\u003eunique character. Not only were his parents of the ideal sort, loving\u003cbr\u003ethe best things of life and thinking ever of how best to rear the\u003cbr\u003elittle son that God had given them, but the very country into which he\u003cbr\u003ewas born was fitted to still further develop his natural tenderness\u003cbr\u003eand sweetness of disposition.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161409863920,"sku":"2940015593471","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015593471","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}