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Lorenzo il Magnifico
r. 1469-1492
Petrarch (1304-1374)
Humanism, the collection, translation, and
dissemination of classical Greek and Roman texts
Marsilio Ficino (1453-1499)
Catholic priest
Tutor of Lorenzo de Medici
Translated Plato from Greek to Latin
D. Ghirlandaio
Plato: Man moves up based on his
1486-1490
choice of right or wrong
,
Ancient values were important and worthy of
respect, an ethical basis for the life of a Christian
Ficino accepted the idea of merging Platonism and
Christianity
Tried for heresy
Pope Julius II
(1443-1513)
(r. 1503-1513)
Native of Urbino
Worked for Sforzas in Milan
Acquainted with Leonardo da Vinci
1502 Tempietto, Site of St.
Peters Crucifixion in the Circus
of Nero
Chief Architect of Julius II and
general superintendent of papal
construction
1506 New Basilica of St. Peter
Bramante
Tempietto
San Pietro in
Montorio
Rome, 1502-1511
Built on the site of
Peters crucifixion
L. C. Hudec. Recent
Excavations under St. Peters
Basilica in Rome.
Journal of Bible and Religion 20
(Jan. 1952).
Daniele Da Volterra
Portrait Bust of Michelangelo
Buonarroti 1545, Bargello
Tomb of Julius II
Plan of 1506
Intended for St. Peters
Michelangelos ideas
Colossal
23 6 x 35 6
Free-standing
Very Roman
Funerary monument
Pretensions of Julius
1st: Victories with
male nudes (6/16 were
begun)
2nd: Moses, Paul, active,
contemplative
3rd: Image of Julius? Two
angels carrying a
sarcophagus?
Tomb of Julius II
San Pietro in Vincoli
(St. Peter in Chains)
1505 - 1545
Designed to be placed on a
corner and viewed from below
Raphael Sanzio
(1483-1520)
NO
Entrance
Altar
Drunkenness of Noah
Compare to Adams pose in Creation of Adam
Note the pointing finger
Both Adam and Noah have roles as populators of the world
The Flood
Moses Sacrifice
Fall of Man
Creation of Woman
Creation of Man
Belvedere Torso
Cumean Sibyl
Libyan Sibyl
Daniel
Isaiah
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Raphael, The Prophet Isaiah
1512, Fresco
Basilica di SantAugustino
rome