FA 30b Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Raphael Rooms, Eucharist, Vanishing Point
19 Feb 2017
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Raphael develops a pictorial conception that offers a suma, or synopsis of contemporary renaissance thought. One on each of the four walls. The frescos correspond to the way the books were originally stored, lining the bottom wall. Was the advisor who told him what subject matter to paint, and which historical figures. View up to heaven in the central octagon. Papal coat of arms borne aloft by some angels. Allegorical personifications of each of the four disciplines. All of these allegorical personifications are female because these words are feminine in latin. On the understanding of causes latin inscription. Fresco that provides a visual sermon to the great mysteries of the catholic church. The idea that the christian god is three person"s in one. God the father, god the son, and holy spirit. Wafer becomes the flesh of jesus, and the wine becomes his blood. He divides the composition into heavenly and earthly forms.
