FAH101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Raphael Rooms, Donato Bramante, Private Library
18 Nov 2016
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Raphael, stanza della segnatura, vatican palace (rome), 1509-1511: private library for the pope, raphael, school of athens, stanza della segnatura. Perfection of artistic ideals from the time. Depicts raphael"s interpretation of philosophy as a branch of knowledge. General theme of the painting is the synthesis of worldly (greek) and spiritual (christian) thinking. Use of linear perspective and colour draws the viewer eye"s to points on the painting that raphael deemed the most important such as plato and aristotle. Either side of plato or aristotle are the main thinkers of the classical world. Philosophers, poets, and abstract thinkers are allied on plato"s side. Physical scientists and more empirical thinkers are on the side of aristotle. Indicates a transition from philosophy to pure science from left to right. Sacrifice of noah: creation of adam, detail of the sistine chapel, vatican city, rome, italy (1511-1512, michelangelo rejected traditional iconographical convention in favour of interpretations of significant events, visual analysis.
