FAH337H1 Lecture Notes - Villa Farnesina, Philosophes, Sistine Chapel
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Week 9 march 3 competition and the new cult of the artist in rome. 346-361 and 388-391: costanza barbieri, the competition between raphael and michelangelo and. Sebastiano"s role in it, in the cambridge companion to raphael, cambridge, Leonardo wants to stick out his position as a painter, while michelangelo promotes sculpture. Julius ii is nephew of sixtus the 4, member of the powerful della rovere family. He is responsible for a huge renovation of artistic patronage and for bringing michelangelo down to rome for the sixtine ceiling. Brought also the architect bramante, who prepared the plans for the edification of st pierre as we see it today. Julius ii was a man of great ambition for the city of rome, concerned about legacy he wanted to leave and his family. Painfully conscious as its persona as an artist. The former sixtine ceiling was blue with gold star= simple visual but expansive material.
