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Patio de San Pedro in Montorio co templete de Donato Bramante

School of Athens (detail). Euclid teaching his pupils.

Awesome Bramante Staircase in the Vatican.🇻🇦🔔

Scala del Bramante - Vatican city

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priest (1994) dir. antonia bird // antonello da messina, guido reni, donato bramante

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L TEMPIETTO DI BRAMANTE IN SAN PIETRO IN MONTORIO

Considerato tra i simboli più eminenti dell'arte rinascimentale, il tempietto del #Bramante , ubicato in San Pietro in Montorio, venne commissionato dalla regina Isabella di Spagna come ex voto. La data di progettazione dell'opera oscilla tra il 1502 ed il 1510. Sicuramente essa ebbe molto successo tanto da essere lodata, nel tempo, da grandi architetti come Palladio e Serlio oltre che dal Vasari. Il tempietto doveva ricordare e celebrare il martirio di Pietro il quale, secondo alcune tradizioni di origine medievale, non si sarebbe svolto sul Monte Vaticano ma sul Mons Aurum (Montorio, toponimo tardo antico/medievale che indica il Gianicolo e, di conseguenza, la chiesa dedicata appunto a Pietro).

La costruzione sovrasta una cripta circolare, probabilmente resto di un edificio preesistente, il cui centro indica il luogo dove sarebbe stata piantata la croce del martirio.All'epoca di Bramante la cripta era probabilmente ritenuta parte del Tropeion Petri, un piccolo monumento con cui la tradizione indicava il luogo del martirio di San Pietro.

Il tempietto avrebbe dovuto rappresentare il fulcro di un cortile circolare poi non realizzato (l'attuale è di forma quadrangolare), così da evidenziare la perfetta simmetria dell'impianto.

"School of Athens" by Raphael

If someday somehow you obtain the power to step into any painting, then I highly suggest that you should take that first step into Raphael’s “School of Athens”. I mean, seriously, it’s where legendary, and some are quite mythical, philosophers and thinkers casually mingle in one massive hall, as if it was the classiest and most epic TED Talk ever.

Raphael basically teleports you straight into the midst of the gathering of the greatest smarties in the history of human civilization. He didn’t merely slap paints on the wall of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, he was crafting a passionate tribute, or, if I may, a love letter to the exploration of science and knowledge upon the altar of science.

Each character on the fresco was displaying peak spirit of curiosity, wrapped in togas and intellectual banter. At the center of the stage, we can see Plato, holding a copy of his Timaeus, indulging himself in deep conversation with his pupil, Aristotle.

Not to mention how Raphael depicted the Renaissance architectural marvel in the background which, according to Giorgio Vasari in his biography series The Lives of the Artists, was consulted with and inspired by the works of Donato Bramante, an Italian architect that puts up the basic design of St. Peter’s Basilica, which then executed by none other than Michaelangelo Buonarroti. Raphael also paid homage to the Ancient Greek antiquities by putting sculptures of Apollo, the Greek god of light, archery, and music, and Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom.

Raphael perfectly captured the essence of the Renaissance spirit in this work. As we know, the Renaissance was all about reviving the classics, celebrating individuality and humanism, and having a strong will to dive head-first into the pool of knowledge and wisdom. It was a remarkable visual composition that expressed the Renaissance thirst for human discovery.

Quick fact: some of the Renaissance figures were featured in this work, particularly people that were, in some way, Raphael found inspiring or influential. Some of these figures are: Leonardo da Vinci as Plato