Class presentation with captions

1. The High Renaissance
Bramante and Raphael

2. Michelangelo, Tomb of Julius II, 1545
San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
Raphael, Portrait of Pope Julius II, 1511-1512. Oil on wood, National
Gallery, London
Web Gallery of Art

4. The Rebuilding of
Saint Peters
The original Saint Peter’s had
been built by the Emperor
Constantine
Colossal Head of Constantine the Great, c. 315-330 CE

5. The Rebuilding of
Saint Peters
Julius II hired Bramante to design a
new building

6. The Rebuilding of St.
Peter’s
Bramante replaced the traditional
basilica plan with a central plan in
the shape of a Latin cross topped
by a dome
Bramante, Plan for Saint Peter’s

7. Basilica plan: Latin cross, with long nave focused on altar
Bramante’s plan: centrally planned; Greek cross with equal arms

8. Circles and squares: “Divine proportions”

10. Foundation Medal of 1506 for the rebuilding of St. Peter’s Basilica,probably showing
Bramante's first design

11. Reconstruction of Bramante’s original design for St. Peter’s

12. The Rebuilding of St.
Peter’s
Michelangelo was brought in to
design the unfinished dome
In the next century, several
architects were brought in to re-
design the building to conform to
the traditional basilica format
Engraving of Michelangelo’s design for the completion of St. Peter’s Basilica, 1547
Web Gallery of Art

13. Raphael
The third artist that Julius II brought
to Rome was Raphael
Raphael, Self Portrait, 1506. Oil on wood, Uffizi Gallery
Web Gallery of Art

14. Raphael, Madonna of the Goldfinch,
1505-6, Ufizzi Gallery

15. Raphael, Madonna of the Goldfinch,
1505-6, Ufizzi Gallery

17. Julius II commissioned Raphael to complete a series of frescoes
decorating the Vatican stanze (rooms)

20. The first was the stanza della segnatura (room of the signature)

21. The four walls were decorated with scenes representing the four
branches of human wisdom and knowledge that should guide the
pope in his decisions:
Theology
Law
Philosophy
Poetry

25. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11

26. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11

28. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11
Plato: theoretical; reality that can’t be seen
Aristotle: empirical; reality that can be observed

29. Abstract/theoretical
thinkers on Plato’s
side
Empirical scientists on
Aristotle’s side

30. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11

31. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11
Figures are arranged into
interlocking groups

32. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11

33. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11

34. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11

35. Brooding personality
Michelangesque body type: massive limbs, figura serpentinata

36. Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnature. 1509-11