ARH 369 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Raphael Rooms, Papal Apartments, Monstrance
20 Feb 2017
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Lecture 6 ceremony governed every aspect of the papacy in the renaissance. Raphael: started a huge workshop, appointed the head of all of the works in the vatican city after bramante died, appointed to create a census of all of the ancient works in rome. Assembled figures from history that relate to the concept of philosophy. Points downward suggesting a more earthly, grounding of knowledge. Puts him on plato"s side - neoplantonic thought. Raphael was thought to have snuck into the sistine chapel when michelangelo went out of town: self-portrait of raphael, architecture in the back. Dome suggested that this painting evokes the plan of st. peter"s: used the technique of pouncing to transfer the preliminary drawing to the wall, theology (disputa) About faith and mysteries of the faith terrestrial sphere topped by a celestial sphere terrestrial the trinity - elderly figure of god, christ, and the dove (holy spirit) Mary and john the baptist off to the sides.
