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... Julius II , and glorifies his successor , Leo X , for whom it served as a dining room . The pope chose scenes from the lives of his illustrious predecessors Leo III ( 795-816 ) and Leo IV ( 847-55 ) and had himself portrayed as both of ...
... Julius II , and glorifies his successor , Leo X , for whom it served as a dining room . The pope chose scenes from the lives of his illustrious predecessors Leo III ( 795-816 ) and Leo IV ( 847-55 ) and had himself portrayed as both of ...
Page 106
... Julius II between 1508-11 , the scene represents Poetry and shows Apollo with the nine Muses and famous poets of all ages . To the right of the Dispute is the Parnassus , the mountain of Apollo and the nine Muses , a scene which ...
... Julius II between 1508-11 , the scene represents Poetry and shows Apollo with the nine Muses and famous poets of all ages . To the right of the Dispute is the Parnassus , the mountain of Apollo and the nine Muses , a scene which ...
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... Julius ' desire to rid Italy of foreign invaders . The room is named after the fresco of the Expulsion of Helio- dorus from the Temple . Raphael illustrated a highly dramatic scene from the second Book of Macabees concerning a Sy- rian ...
... Julius ' desire to rid Italy of foreign invaders . The room is named after the fresco of the Expulsion of Helio- dorus from the Temple . Raphael illustrated a highly dramatic scene from the second Book of Macabees concerning a Sy- rian ...
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1st century BC 2nd century 4th century BC altar ancient Apollo apse artist Augustus Baroque basilica Borghese bronze building built Capitol Caravaggio Cardinal CASTEL SANT'ANGELO Castor and Pollux catacombs ceiling centre Christ Christian church Circus Maximus COLOSSEUM columns constructed decorated designed Emperor Empire entrance Etruscan excavations facade fountains fresco Gallery Gian Lorenzo Bernini Hadrian Holy Imperial interior Italy Jacopo Torriti Julius Caesar Last Judgement later Madonna and Child marble masterpiece mausoleum metres Michelangelo monumental mosaic Moses Museum of Roman nave obelisk Old St Peter's painted palaces Palatine Palazzo dei Conservatori Pantheon papacy Paul Perugino Piazza Pietro Pinacoteca pope Porta portrait Raphael reconstructed Renaissance represents Revine Roma Roman Civilisation Roman copy ROMAN FORUM Rome saints Santa Maria Maggiore scene seven hills Sistine Chapel Sixtus St John Lateran ST PETER'S SQUARE statue Temple of Vesta Tiber Island Titus tomb Trajan's vault victory Villa Virgin wall