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... figures which Michelangelo had intended to make the central focus of St Peter's . The death of the pope in 1513 left Michelangelo without effective patronage , so that although he worked on for many years this work was left unfinished ...
... figures which Michelangelo had intended to make the central focus of St Peter's . The death of the pope in 1513 left Michelangelo without effective patronage , so that although he worked on for many years this work was left unfinished ...
Page 106
... figures are recognizable : Socrates , with his protuberant forehead , stands to the left of the central pair , disputing with his audience ; in the right - hand foreground Euclid demonstrates a theorem to his pupils , us- ing compasses ...
... figures are recognizable : Socrates , with his protuberant forehead , stands to the left of the central pair , disputing with his audience ; in the right - hand foreground Euclid demonstrates a theorem to his pupils , us- ing compasses ...
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... figure is capable of in the art of painting , not leaving out any pose or action whatever . " Originally the figures were nude , but a later pope insisted in the interests of decency that draperies should be added , thereby earning the ...
... figure is capable of in the art of painting , not leaving out any pose or action whatever . " Originally the figures were nude , but a later pope insisted in the interests of decency that draperies should be added , thereby earning the ...
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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