| Description |
xii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Masterpieces of Western painting |
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Masterpieces of Western painting.
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| Contents |
The image of the ancient Gymnasium of Athens, or, Philosophy / Giovanni Pietro Bellori -- The School of Athens / Heinrich Wölfflin -- The architectural background / Ralph E. Lieberman -- Color and chiaroscuro / Janis Bell -- Pagans in the church : the School of Athens in religious context / Timothy Verdon -- The intellectual background of the School of Athens : tracking divine wisdom in the Rome of Julius II / Ingrid D. Rowland |
| Summary |
An introduction surveys the critical history of Raphael and the painting, and the history of modern interpretations |
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Raphael's "School of Athens" examines one of the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance and the artist's best-known work. Commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate the walls of his private library, the fresco represents the gathering of the philosophers of the ancient world around the central figures of Plato and Aristotle. The adjacent walls represent theologians, poets, and lawgivers, the subjects of books in Julius's library. Presented in this volume are early cricitisms of the fresco by Bellori and Wolfflin, along with new interpretations, published in this volume for the first time, of its iconography in relation to the other frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura and in the context of humanism and the rhetorical tradition of the papal court; analysis of Raphael's groundbreaking use of light and color; and an inquiry into the role of Bramante and antique architecture in Raphael's design |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p171-175. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-175) and index |
| Subject |
Raphael, 1483-1520 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Raphael, 1483-1520. School of Athens.
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Color in art.
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian.
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Italy.
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Painters -- Italy.
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Painting, Renaissance -- Italy.
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| Author |
Hall, Marcia B.
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| LC no. |
96019745 |
| ISBN |
0521444470 (hardback) |
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0521448999 (paperback) |
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