ARTH218
Building
a New
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Giuliano della Rovere was elected pope, as Julius II, in 1503. During his
pontificate the
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His choice of the papal name Julius was intended to evoke the Roman
emperor Julius Caesar, whose military leadership and ambitious building
programs he emulated.
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He personally led military campaigns to consolidate and expand the
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Julius II’s contribution to the financial stability of the papacy was
countered by his lavish expenditure on art and building projects. Inspired by
the monuments of Imperial Rome, he initiated a program of urban renewal
designed to create a city of unrivalled splendor to assert the power of the
papacy.
Important
names and terms
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Giuliano della Rovere, Pope Julius II
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Giovanni
de’ Medici, Pope Leo X
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Ignudi
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Michelangelo, Tomb of Julius II, 1505, San Pietro in
Vincoli, Rome
Moses, c. 1515
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Michelangelo, Ceiling frescoes of
the Sistine Chapel, 1509-1512,
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Raphael, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican, Rome,
1509-1511:
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Raphael, Stanza di Eliodoro, Vatican, Rome,
1511-1514:
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Donato Bramante, Tempietto, 1502, San Pietro di
Montorio, Rome
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Donato Bramante, Plan
of St. Peter, 1506-1514
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Michelangelo, Plan
of St. Peter’s, 1537-1550
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Michelangelo, View
of St. Peter’s dome
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Anonymous, Ideal city,
late 15th cent.
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Cristoforo Foppa
Caradosso, medal
with Bramante’s desig for the façade of New St. Peter, 1506
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Visit the
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website section on “The Papacy and the
Vatican palace”
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The Vatican Museums Online
includes virtual visits to the rooms painted by Michelangelo and Raphael
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For another
virtual visit to the Sistine Chapel go to: http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/tours/sistina/index.html
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To identify the
characters in Raphael’s
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There are several
videotapes at the Media Library that complement these lectures:
