The High Renaissance and the Vatican



 


 
 

RAFFAELLO Sanzio (Raphael) 
Self-Portrait 1506
Oil on wood, 45 x 33 cm 
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Raphael, Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione,
o/c, c. 1514-15, Louvre, Paris

Raphael, Marriage Of The Virgin 1509
oil on panel Italian Renaissance

Pietro Perugino, Charge to Saint Peter (Handling of the Keys)
1481-1483 Vatican, Sistine Chapel, fresco Italian Renaissance


Raphael, Marriage Of The Virgin 1509
oil on panel Italian Renaissance



 

Donato Bramante, Tempietto.
in the courtyard of 
San Pietro in Montorio in Rome, 1502

 
 


  • Bramante 1506
  • Michelangelo c1546
  • Giaccomo della Porta 1590
  • Carlo Maderno 1607-15
  • Bernini 1650's

  • Bramante 1506
  • Michelangelo c1546
  • Giaccomo della Porta 1590
  • Carlo Maderno 1607-15
  • Bernini 1650's



 
¹ba.roque adj, often cap [F, fr. MF barroque irregularly shaped (of a pearl), fr. Pg barroco irregularly shaped pearl] (1765)
1: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent esp. in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension
2: characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance
3: irregularly shaped--used of gems <a ~ pearl> --

 
Carlo Maderno St Peter's  facade 1605

Gianlorenzo Bernini The Arms of St Peters c 1637

Bernini's  Self Portrait 1635
 



 
 
 

  Virtual Tour Displaying Baldacchino and Cathedra Petri

 

 

 

Bernini, St Peter
Baldacchino 1624-1633


 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Cathedra Petri