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May 31, 2022 · The election of Julius II caused immediate problems for Cesare Borgia, who was Alexander VI’s son. Cesare was a competent commander and statesman and was an example used in Machiavelli’s The ...
Mar 28, 2018 · Introduction. No other city in Europe matches Rome in its traditions, history, legacies, and influence in the Western world. Rome in the Renaissance under the papacy not only acted as guardian and transmitter of these elements stemming from the Roman Empire but also assumed the role as artificer and interpreter of its myths and meanings for the peoples of Europe from the Middle Ages to modern ...
Jul 11, 2019 · For example Julius II is usually remembered for the indelible traces of art that he generated thanks to his intense patronage: he was the one who asked to Michelangelo the frescos of the vault at the Sistine Chapel, the man who asked to Raphael to decorate his private rooms, the pope who ordered to Bramante to completely rebuilt the St Peter ...
As Julius II he struggled to recover some lands that Venice had taken in the Romagna, a part of the Papal States. In order to defeat the Venetians, Julius joined the League of Cambrai in 1509. This alliance combined the forces of the French king Louis XII , Spain's Ferdinand of Aragon, and the emperor-elect of the Holy Roman Empire *, Maximilian I.
In accounts of his pontificate and his patronage it has become a commonplace that Julius encouraged the identification of himself and Julius Caesar, and even that he saw himself as a new Julius Caesar. I have argued elsewhere2 that there is very little direct evidence that Julius identified himself with, or strove to emulate, Julius Caesar. In ...
Jun 30, 2022 · Michelangelo trained under Donatello, a prominent Renaissance painter. He lived with Lorenzo’s children, the future Popes Leo X and Clement VII, who would later order his art for their Papal States. Michelangelo’s bond with the family survived Lorenzo de’ Medici’s death in 1492.
Description and interpretation. This drawing is a double-sided preparatory sketch for the painting of the Libyan Sibyl as part Sistine Chapel commission. The recto (or front) side of this chalk drawing displays a young male figure twisting over his left-hand shoulder while holding up an imaginary object. We now know (based on the final painting ...
