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It cams, tden, c^uite naturally witdin Ike compass of Iris own dnow-
ledge Io produce a composition wdicd sdouid represent tire different
religious and pdilosopdic views of tde time. It ma)? readii/ de conceived
tdat de would ask tire advice of some of Iris friends ; dut most assuredly
Ire did not, as certain rvriters dave pretended, merely follow tire directions
of Ingdirami of Ladoleto, nor of tire goring Leroaldo; tire contrary is
proved beyond dispute d^ Iris letter to Ariosto.
Vo cdaracteri^e tire Ltanra della Lignatura from tire s^mdolical
pictures it contains, rve migdt name it tire Hail of tire vacuities, for,
dv Hreolog^, ddilosopd^, dostr^, and jurisprudence, R.apdael Iras
represented ail tire sciences rviricir enadls man to approacir tire divine
trutir.
Z^.nd, if it de considered tirat tirese paintings were intended to
decorate tire place in wiriclr tlre dead of tire catlrolic cdurclr was to sign
orders regulating tde government of tde Ldristian 6ocd over tde wdole
world, we must admire tde wisdom of tdis cdoice.
Ide pope's satisfaction witd tde sud^'ects increased wden Hapdael
dad executed tde drst fresco, "Ideolog/." Idis expectation was far
surpassed, dis was so strucd d/ tde amplitude of Idapdaei's genius, tdat
de immediately resolved to dave tde dails of tde Vatican repainted d/
dim. Ids gave orders for all tde old frescoes in tdem, even tdoss on tde
vaulted ceiling of tde Ltanra della Lignatura, to de tdrown down.
dlevertdeless Idapdael, approving tlre decoration of tdis vault, tdougdt
it well oni^ to repaint tde eigdt large panels, and to allow tde small
intermediate m^tdological subjects to remain, as well as tde central
picture of tde pope's arms dorne d^ genii.
die devoted tde four large medallions on tde ceiling to allegorical
irgures, serving as epigrapds to tde great mural paintings of Ideology,
ddilosopd^, doetr^, and jurisprudence. Hrs odlong spaces in tds
angles of tds vault, de employed in transition subsets; tdat is, dearing
a doudle relation to tde pictures on dotd sides delow. Z^.Il tdese pictures
on tde ceiling are executed on a gold ground, imitating mosaic.
^Ve sdall degin tlre description of tde Ltan?a della Lignatura dzr tlre
ide arcddisdop, Qorroli painted in distemper, on a small panel, a Zt. Udomas ^.c^uinas,
in tlre midst ol a great number ot doctors, wdo are discussing Iris words, ^.mong tdess
dgures mav de noticed dope Lixtus IV. a number ot Lardinals and tds superiors ol
diderent religious orders. Idis picture is tde best and most Lnisdscl tdat Lenovo ever
painted."—
VTVZ)^/? A'vzlzvL' zz.
It cams, tden, c^uite naturally witdin Ike compass of Iris own dnow-
ledge Io produce a composition wdicd sdouid represent tire different
religious and pdilosopdic views of tde time. It ma)? readii/ de conceived
tdat de would ask tire advice of some of Iris friends ; dut most assuredly
Ire did not, as certain rvriters dave pretended, merely follow tire directions
of Ingdirami of Ladoleto, nor of tire goring Leroaldo; tire contrary is
proved beyond dispute d^ Iris letter to Ariosto.
Vo cdaracteri^e tire Ltanra della Lignatura from tire s^mdolical
pictures it contains, rve migdt name it tire Hail of tire vacuities, for,
dv Hreolog^, ddilosopd^, dostr^, and jurisprudence, R.apdael Iras
represented ail tire sciences rviricir enadls man to approacir tire divine
trutir.
Z^.nd, if it de considered tirat tirese paintings were intended to
decorate tire place in wiriclr tlre dead of tire catlrolic cdurclr was to sign
orders regulating tde government of tde Ldristian 6ocd over tde wdole
world, we must admire tde wisdom of tdis cdoice.
Ide pope's satisfaction witd tde sud^'ects increased wden Hapdael
dad executed tde drst fresco, "Ideolog/." Idis expectation was far
surpassed, dis was so strucd d/ tde amplitude of Idapdaei's genius, tdat
de immediately resolved to dave tde dails of tde Vatican repainted d/
dim. Ids gave orders for all tde old frescoes in tdem, even tdoss on tde
vaulted ceiling of tde Ltanra della Lignatura, to de tdrown down.
dlevertdeless Idapdael, approving tlre decoration of tdis vault, tdougdt
it well oni^ to repaint tde eigdt large panels, and to allow tde small
intermediate m^tdological subjects to remain, as well as tde central
picture of tde pope's arms dorne d^ genii.
die devoted tde four large medallions on tde ceiling to allegorical
irgures, serving as epigrapds to tde great mural paintings of Ideology,
ddilosopd^, doetr^, and jurisprudence. Hrs odlong spaces in tds
angles of tds vault, de employed in transition subsets; tdat is, dearing
a doudle relation to tde pictures on dotd sides delow. Z^.Il tdese pictures
on tde ceiling are executed on a gold ground, imitating mosaic.
^Ve sdall degin tlre description of tde Ltan?a della Lignatura dzr tlre
ide arcddisdop, Qorroli painted in distemper, on a small panel, a Zt. Udomas ^.c^uinas,
in tlre midst ol a great number ot doctors, wdo are discussing Iris words, ^.mong tdess
dgures mav de noticed dope Lixtus IV. a number ot Lardinals and tds superiors ol
diderent religious orders. Idis picture is tde best and most Lnisdscl tdat Lenovo ever
painted."—