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Dec 14, 2019 · Pope Julius II was also responsible for bringing Raphael to work in the Vatican. The artist who was born in Urbino in 1483 died at the young age of 37 on his birthday, April 6th, 1529. Raphael moved to Rome in 1508 and was even originally asked to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel but he refused. He was then given the task to paint the ...
This time, Giuliano della Rovere intended finally to be Pope. He bribed the cardinals both with money and with promises of preferment, and was elected in October 1503 as Julius II. Julius, who was of warlike bent, first proceeded to extend the papacy's temporal power. He directed his attention to extending the Papal States, and went to war with ...
The pontificate of Julius II (r. 1503–13), the “Warrior Pope” who donned armor to lead troops in defense of papal lands, would forever change the Vatican. Dynamic but difficult, with an ego matched only by his vision, Julius was one of the great patrons of Renaissance art and architecture. In 1505, he took up the task left incomplete by ...
Pope Julius II (reigned 1503–1513), commissioned a series of highly influential art and architecture projects in the Vatican. The painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo and of various rooms by Raphael in the Apostolic Palace are considered among the masterworks that mark the High Renaissance in Rome.
May 25, 2011 · Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere, b. 1443–d. 1513, pope 1503–1513) is best known as the “warrior pope” who used warfare to accomplish his ends of gaining control of the Papal States after the alienation of sections to Cesare Borgia, the incursions and confiscation of the Venetians, and the rebellion of local lords.
Pope Julius II was the son of Rafaello della Rovere, nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. Educated by the Franciscans, he became the Bishop of Carpentras in 1471, at the age of 18. Shortly after this, following the election of his uncle as Pope Sixtus IV, he was appointed Cardinal of San Pietro in Vincoli.
4 days ago · St. Peter’s Basilica, present basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City (an enclave in Rome ), begun by Pope Julius II in 1506 and completed in 1615 under Paul V. It is designed as a three-aisled Latin cross with a dome at the crossing, directly above the high altar, which covers the shrine of St. Peter the Apostle.
