#highrenaissance

[nonetheless]

How a classic architecture text became a playbook for autocratic Renaissance princes: "Vitruvius & the Warlords" from @nybooks.com (Plus- The Sack of Rome)

Analyzing the architecture of authoritarianism: https://roughlydaily.com/2025/05/06/firmness-utility-and-beauty/

[artist-raphael]

The Liberation of St. Peter, in the Stanza D'Eliodoro, 1514, Raphael

Medium: fresco

[artist-michelangelo]

Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1512, Michelangelo Buonarroti

Medium: fresco

[pietro-perugino]

The Madonna between St. John the Baptist and St. Sebastian (detail 1), 1493, Pietro Perugino

https://www.wikiart.org/en/pietro-perugino/the-madonna-between-st-john-the-baptist-and-st-sebastian-detail-1

[artist-mantegna]

Christ the Redeemer, 1493, Andrea Mantegna

Medium: oil

[artist-titian]

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1523, Titian

Medium: oil,canvas

[lorenzo-lotto]

Madonna of the Rosary, 1539, Lorenzo Lotto

Medium: oil,canvas

[artist-raphael]

Studies for the Transfiguration, Raphael

Medium: pencil,paper