The Cults of Raphael and Michelangelo

This study explores the phenomenon of the cults of Raphael and Michelangelo in relation to their death, burial, and posthumous fame-or second life-from their own times through the nineteenth century.

Tamara Smithers is Professor of Art History at Austin Peay State University, USA.

1. From making one's mark to artistic apotheosis 2. Antecedents: Artist tombs before Raphael 3. Raphael as artifex divinus: Entombment and disciples 4. Michelangelo's scrittura from beginning to end 5. Sixteenth-century self-made memorials 6. Mourning Michelangelo 7 Brotherhood and burial 8. The longue durée