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He modeled his patronage practices on those of his uncle Pope Sixtus IV (1471–84), and began amassing large personal and public art collections and commissioning numerous civic and religious buildings when he served as a cardinal and Cardinal Archbishop under Pope Nicholas V and Pope Innocent VIII respectively.
Mar 18, 2024 · Julius II was the greatest art patron of the papal line (reigned 1503–13) and one of the most powerful rulers of his age. Although he led military efforts to prevent French domination of Italy, Julius is most important for his close friendship with Michelangelo and for his patronage of other
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Biography. A key figure of the Italian Renaissance and a dynamic patron of Renaissance art in Rome, Giuliano della Rovere (1453-1513) - better known as Pope Julius II (1503-13) - was the nephew of Francesco della Rovere (1414-84), who himself ruled as Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84). A formidable personality, Julius was determined to make the papacy ...
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Although most of Julius II’s artistic projects were about his own ego and political propaganda, the works he helped to realize have inspired millions with their beauty, and are known as some of the greatest artworks of all time. Here are some of the most enduring masterpieces Julius II helped make a reality in Rome and Vatican City.
May 25, 2011 · He also gives attention to Julius’s private life, administration, renovation of Rome, and patronage of artists and architects. Translated into Italian as Giulio II by Anna Rosa Gumina (Rome: Salerno Editrice, 1993).
Since many antiquities were unearthed in or near Rome, popes were well situated to become serious collectors of ancient art; Julius II, for instance, took charge of both the Apollo Belvedere and Laocoön sculptures after they came to light. After Nicholas V (r. 1447–55) moved the papacy from the Lateran Palace to the Vatican Palace, he and ...
Dec 6, 2023 · Michelle O’Malley, The Business of Art: Contracts and the Commissioning Process in Renaissance Italy (New Haven: Yale UP, 2005) Sheryl Reiss, “A Taxonomy of Art Patronage in Renaissance Italy,” in A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art, ed. Babette Bohn and James M. Saslow (Chichester, West Sussex UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2013), pp. 23–43
