Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Stanza della Segnatura: Ceiling
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Stanza della Segnatura: Ceiling
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Image View:
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Tondo of Philosophy, clothed in colors of the four elements; genii hold Cicero's words Causarum Cognitio (Know the Causes)
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Creator:
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Raphael (Italian painter, 1483-1520); Sodoma (Italian painter, 1477-1549)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy)
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Location Note:
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Vatican Apartments, Stanza della Segnatura
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GPS:
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+41.906389+12.454444
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Date:
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ca. 1508-1511 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Work Type 2:
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tondo
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster with gilding
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); gilding (technique)
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Measurements:
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180 cm (diameter, each tondo)
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Description:
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The ceiling design is attributed to Sodoma, but he painted only the central octagon and the small spaces between the tondi. Evidence of Raphael's numerous surviving drawings suggest that the program was not fixed, but evolved in response to the artist’s own ideas, the patron’s changing ambitions and the opportunities offered by the space. Raphael painted the personifications of Philosophy, Poetry, Theology, and Justice, as well as the four large panels in the corners, whose subjects refer to the two adjacent personifications (thus, for example, the Judgment of Solomon is placed between Justice and Philosophy). The architectural frames and their decorations are thought to be the work of a German painter, Jan Ruysch. The tondi repeat the themes of the entire room as a humanist quadripartition of culture; theology, philosophy, poetry and justice. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Image Description:
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The woman enthroned is enveloped in a garment that has four colors, each of which represents one of the four elements, which in turn are symbolized by their pattern. Blue is for the stars (air), red is for the tongues of flame (fire), green is for the fish (water), and golden brown is for the flora (earth). Philosophy holds two books with the titles "Morals" and "Nature," while two genii hold texts with Cicero's words Causarum Cognitio (Know the Causes). This picture is situated above The School of Athens.
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-RS-SDSC-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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