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Raphael, Portrait of Pope Julius II, 1511, oil on poplar, 108.7 x 81 cm (National Gallery, London) Although the composition of Raphael’s painting has been considered revolutionary, it actually has several precedents, such as Sebastiano del Piombo’s 1516 Cardinal Bandinello Sauli, His Secretary, and Two Geographers .
Raphael's portrait of Pope Julius II shows Julius II, whose civil name was Giuliano della Rovere and who lived from 1443 to 1513. He was elected head of the Catholic Church in 1503, so he was already a man of advanced age at that time. His pontificate was shaped on the one hand by his role as Italian territorial prince - he was considered a ...
Last years in Rome of Raphael. Raphael was called to Rome toward the end of 1508 by Pope Julius II at the suggestion of the architect Donato Bramante. At this time Raphael was little known in Rome, but the young man soon made a deep impression on the volatile Julius and the papal court, and his authority as a master grew day by day. Raphael was ...
The Stanza della Segnatura was Julius II’s library, and the frescoes Raphael executed there illustrate the themes of theology, philosophy, jurisprudence, and poetry, themes that reflect the content of the pope’s books. Raphael’s decoration of the stanze continued under Julius’s successor, Leo X (r. 1513–21). The rooms vary widely in ...
In fact, he seems to be drawing a geometric diagram for some very eager students. But he is interested in measure, that is the idea of the practical. - [Voiceover] Euclid is modeled actually on a friend of Raphael's and that's Bramante the great architect asked by Pope Julius II to provide a new model for a new Saint Peter's.
Article by Adrian Zain Raphael, starting in June 1511 would begin to work on one of his most famous and revolutionary paintings, the Portrait of Pope Julius II, this painting would be unlike any other portrait of a pope, and for the most part, portraiture in general at the time.
Like Michelangelo, Raphael was summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II around 1508/9. He began work on the decoration of the Vatican Stanze, a series of rooms in the Pope's apartments. Other important works are the Chigi Chapel, S. Maria della Pace, Rome, and the Tapestry Cartoons of the Acts of the Apostles (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) and ...
