Disputation of the Holy Sacrament

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Disputation of the Sacrament
ArtistRaphael
Year1509–1510
TypeFresco
Dimensions500 cm × 770 cm (200 in × 300 in)
LocationApostolic Palace, Vatican City[citation needed]

The Disputation of the Sacrament (

Stanza della Segnatura, and was the private papal library where the supreme papal tribunal met.[2]

Description

In the painting, Raphael has created a scene spanning both heaven and earth. Above,

Holy Spirit in the typical form of a dove, to whose sides are books of the four Gospels held open by putti.[3]

Below, on an

Bramante, and the bearded figure on the right side wearing orange and blue robes is Aristotle.[6] The monk on the far left is Fra Angelico.[3] In the background on the left, a church is being constructed, representative of the Catholic Church.[7]

Dante Alighieri
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Raphael, Phaidon Publishers, 1948, p. 24.
  2. ^ Adams, Italian Renaissance Art, p. 344
  3. ^ a b "Disputation over the Most Holy Sacrament". Musei Vaticani. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. ^ Adams, Italian Renaissance Art, p. 345
  5. ^ Adams, Italian Renaissance Art, p. 346
  6. ^ Holgate, John Douglas, "Codes and Messages in Raphael's 'School of Athens.'" 2016. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306398440_Codes_and_Messages_in_Raphael's_'School_of_Athens'
  7. ^ Massi, Ercole G. (1885). Compendious Description of the Galleries of Paintings in the Papal Palace of the Vatican. Rome. pp. 67–69.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Sources

  • Schneider Adams, Laurie (2001). Italian Renaissance Art. Boulder: Westview Press. pp. 344–346.

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