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Affiancamento Museo e Basilica
Al Modello
-The Vatican City: Pope Martinus V came to live here after Avignon 1377
-View Monte Mario, Via Triumphalis
-Michelangelo + 1564, couple finished by Carlo Maderno 1605
Cappella Sistina
-Temple of Jerusalem: 40x13x20
-Baccio Pontelli was architect in 1462, built as a fortress for Nicolas V
-Sisto IV, 1481-83:Painters from Umbrian and Tuscan School: influence of the Medici: Perugino, Ghirlandaio, Botticelli
-Michelangelo: Julius II (the agony and the extasy) 1508-12
-Michelangelo: Paulus III: 1536-1541
Lower paintings
-Storia della salvezza: ciclo della grazia e ciclo di Mosé
-Tuscan School after Pazzi conspiracy
-colors: yellow: vita spiritual life; purple: penitence; green: hope
1.circoncision by Jethro of second son of Moses = baptism = initiation
2.Moses killed: temptation of Christ: building is Santo Spirito in Sassia = temple of Jerusalem; Aaron + young Christ: begin of pubblic life.
3.Crossing Red Sea: the collumn and the rainbow; girl playing cetra; the vocation of apostle + lebbra (figure similar to Leonardo da Vinci)
4.Sermon of the mountain; 10 Commandments
5.punishment Dathan and Coran; Keys to peter: building is baptistery of St. John: the importance of Constantine for the church.
6.Testament and dead of Moses; last supper: cat = bad - dog = good. Important for the prospectical views: look at the colorod marble.
fortress thema: human salvation - last judgement
Florentine artist bis 1483: dedicated to the assumption of Mary
Vault 3 X 3 blocks
-12 prophets and Sybil's: the creed of the Apostles, concluding in Jonas and the whale = announcing universal salvation (also of pagan people): on his side the Bronze serpent(XI) and the Punishment of Harman (the minister that conspired against Ester)
-at the entrance of the sistine chapel: Judith and Holofernes/David and Goliath and in their middle Zechariah
-on both sides the “family line”of the of which Jesus descended: cfr. Gospel Matthew.
1.Creation of the world
2.Creation of Adam & Eve
3.Stories of Noe
a.Originally: vault by Pier Matteo da ?: blue sky is made as an architectural structure: neo-platonic: idea’s of Platone, Plotino and Sant’agostino. The vault is in connection with the panels below. a.e. baptism of Jesus = division light from darkness
b.Creation of the sun and moon & stars: Ptolomaic theory: the disk, the sun is in the middle. Sun represents the roman christian man.
c.creation of water, land and vegetables
d.creation of adam: female creation is in making; God is wisdom = surrounded by brain = father ànd mother:
e.creation of eve
f.original sin by fig-three
g.sacrifice of noe
h.the drunkenness of Noah; the men after sin. He is in the same position of Adam.
Michelangelo spent his income on the paints and all the rest.1508-12
in beginning worked together with Ghirlandaio
Was almost paralised
Christ = Apollo
Sybillen = Wahlweggerin <-> Propheten
unter Zacharias: papstwaffen della Rovere
Letzte Gericht: 2 gemaelde von Raphael weg
Kardinal Jacobo da cesena mit Eselohren
Erste 24 Paepsten oben, heute 265 paepsten, 148 begraben im Petersdom
Erste Papst Clemens: Bamberg Dom, Mathilda d Canossa
Petrus 25 Jahren papst
Leo III 26 Jahren Papst
JP II 27 Jahren Papst
Pius IX 32 Jahren Papst im 1875 1ste Papst auf Foto.
Last Judgement
-History: 1517: Martin Luther; 1527: the Sack of Rome; 1545: Council of Trent
-The hand of Christ is showing his wound.
-In lower level: An angel is holding little book (salvation), an other a big book (damnation)
-They are just above the pulgatory (man with only one open eye), just under Saint Bartolomeo: “he did the good battle.)
-Daniela da Volterra covered the nudes.
-Clement VII and Paul III Farnese, a good friend of Michelangelo; the wall is inclined, 3D
-Paulus III was given Michelangelo the money for the precious colors: lapis
-Christ = Apollo del Belvedere in combination with the Laocoon.
-San Bartolomeo: 1st apostle martyr, the head of Goliath as with Caravaggio
-Caronte with the boat
-Judge is Biagio da Messina
-the ressurection of the people: their faces are looking like Signorelli Luca in the dome of Orvieto; figures like Jeroen Bosh
the circular movement is platonic.
terrace
-Giacomo della Porta/ Fontana Domenico finished the dome of Michelangelo
-view of the palace as it was build by Bramante for Julius II
Pinacoteca
- Liberty style 1932
The four Gates + staircase by Michelangelo Simonetti in the 19 th century.
Giardino della Pigna
-from the baths of Agrippa: was a fountain
-Pine symbolises the resurrection
-originally in the entrance of old St. Peter
-the lions from egypt refers to the Egyptian museum behind
-the Peakocks are coming from the tomb of Hadrian, symbolizing the eternal life for the pagans
-Gardens, originally by Bramante united under Gregory XVI 1839 and Braccio Nuovo under Pius VII
-Antonio Canova and Raphael Starr closed the garden in the middle in the 19 century: neo-classical style.
Pirro Ligurio, am ende Pius VII hat es abgeslossen von Riesigen garten.
Torre dei Venti: Astronomisch Zentrum
1.Numinianische Kalender
2.Julianische Kalender
3.Gregorianische Kalender 1582 Gregorius XIII
- testa collossale of Augustus
Staircase
-with grottesche and sacrofagus of Scipione Barbato= was used as pagan altar.
Sala Belvedere
- Apoxymenos - Lyssipius: roman copy of greek, from Trastever: vicolo dell’Atleta, found back in 1849 where was the first roman synagogue.
Giardino ottangonale: Antonio Canova for architecture: return of roman art from France after the treaty of Tolentino
-Apollo Belvedere (Kopie Bronz Leochares -4ct BC) from Grottaferata, in Michelangelo he is the face of Christ; Apollo here ready to hunt
-the River statue: the position is the one of Adam in the Creation: tomba of the Amazones.
-Perseus Medusa, Canova
-Laocoon : Homer and Virgil: he look like the prophet Jonas in the Sistine Chapel. The emotions and face expression are typically for the Helenistic period compared to the high Greek classic period.
-Michelangelo did copy and paste: head = Apollo, body = Torso, Arm = Laocoon
-from Otricolo the baths are coming the maritime scenes
Galleria degli Animali:
-time of Innocentius VIII: was part of the house of Belvedere.
-Mosaikbodem von 2e Jahrhundred from Hadrian Villa
Sala delle Muse
-Muses: Apollo con Citardo surrounded by other muses.
-Torso di Belvedere: Ayax who kills himself by the sword: nahme auteur im griechisch: Michelangelo inspired himself for making the “ignudi” in the Sistine Chapel, and also for Christ as Judge.
Sala Rotonda: recurrence of the Pantheon: full of pagan gods and emperors.
-Hercules aus dem gegen von Pantheon: teatro di Pompeo
-beautiful mosaic from the baths of Otricolo in Umbria with gladiators.
Sala Croce Greca
-Mosaic mit Athena: eldest mosaic in the museum
-Tomb of Costanza:The wine press, remembers Dionisus pagan
Scala Simonetti under Pope Braschi
Galleria dei Candelabri, Kaerzengallerie
-Privatsammlung von Leo XIII
-famous for the variety of marble used, most coming from the Villa of Hadrian
-Diana = the Moon, Isis the sun
-The vault is a frescoe with all the arts: also fotocamera
-Piero Ligorio (Villa d’Este, giardino della Pigna, Casina Pius IV
Galleria delle Tapisterie
After the designs of the school of Raphael by Brussel Tapestery of Pieter van Aelst.
Schachtenspiel = tromp l’oeiul
The killing of the Innocents remembers the Sacco di Roma in 1527
Mappe geografiche
-120 meter: longest of the Vatican ; Tower of the Winds.
-Fratelli Dante Ignazio and Antonio
-Paul Bril 1580-81
-40 Landkarten
-In the beginning: Battle of Lepanto, Avignon
- at the end Tapestry of the school of Doornik.1480
Sala Sobiesky
-Unter Pius IX Ratti
-Francesco Podesti: John III Sobiesky in Wien
Sala Immacolata concezione: 1874
Rooms of Raphael
Costantino:
oben Zimmern von Papst Borgia: Lucrezia, Cesare, Giovanni,
Nicolas V wollte dort nich wohnen: neue Wohnung: Signorelli, Perugino
Julius II neue auftracht: auf dem Vorschlag von Bramante: Raphael und Schule.
Unter Julius II und Leo X (Medici)
Taufkapelle san Giovanni: Erste in der Welt.
Constantino present model erst basilica
-The so-called donation of Constantin.
-look at the twisted collums in Marble: today in Saint Peters for relique rooms
Eliodoro
-Raphael und Schule: einfluss Nord-Italienische Schule (figuren am rechterseite)
-Erste Chiar-oscuro (Petrus im gefaengenis) 3 kinds of light
-Leo I (der Grosse)gegen Attilla: Petrus und Paulus mit schwert: Leo Magno has the head of Leo X, Medici
-Angels are kikking out thiefs of tresour of temple
Stanza della Segnatura
Triomph philosophia und matematica
Eraclitus = junge Michelangelo
hinter schule von Athen: neue structure Petersdom: 6 april 1506
Triomph der Kirche
-Chiesa Trionfante against Chiesa Militante
On the side, where office of pope was: left: Justinianus (civil law) and on the right (Canon Law)
in roof, circles with Filosophy, theology and justice
Parnassus: Apollo, Homer, Vergilius, Dante
Sala dell’Incendio
Brandsale
Leo IV auf dem Mauer, Achisse, Aeneas und Ascanio, 800bc Alba Lungo gegrundet.
Leo IV Hafen von Ostia: gegen Saracenen
Leo I: Kroning Karel Grosse (+ 28 september 814)
1283: Bohemische priester in Bolsena: fest Corpus Domini
-The fire in the Borgo in 846: behind: the Leonine Walls of the Vatican
Little private Chapel of Barberini Clemens VIII: Pietro da Cortona.
St Peters Basilica
-Filarete made the Bronze door in centre
-Carlo Maderno finished facade.
-Giacomo della Porta the dome.
-The dome of St Peter represents the head of Christ, while the colonnade are the arms of Christ.