Vatican loggias
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The Vatican loggias ({{langx|it|Logge di Raffaello}}) are a corridor space in the Apostolic Palace, originally open to the elements on one side. Their construction was begun by Donato Bramante in 1512.{{cite web | url=http://www.romainteractive.com/eng/renaissance/raphael-in-rome/raphael-in-vatican.html | title=Raphael in the Vatican - Romainteractive }} They were decorated in fresco around 1519 by Raphael's large team of artists, with Giovanni da Udine involved. Because of the relative unimportance of the space, and a desire to copy the recently re-discovered Domus Aurea style of Ancient Roman painting, no large paintings were used, and the surfaces were mostly covered with grotesque designs on a white background, with paintings imitating sculptures in niches, and small figurative subjects in a revival of Ancient Roman style. This large array provided a repertoire of elements that were the basis for later artists creating grotesque decoration across Europe.Wilson, 152
The loggias now form part of the ceremonial route for distinguished visitors, but are not otherwise on the tourist route.
Between 1787-1792 the architect Giacomo Quarenghi constructed a full copy of the loggias, called the Raphael Loggias, in the Large Hermitage, Saint Petersburg.
Scheme
The layout of the scenes in the loggia does not always align when transitioning from bay to bay. As a result, the table below does not display the biblical events in chronological order, but according to the orientation of the loggia itself.
The scheme of the ceiling of the Raphael Loggia from north to south is as follows:
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! width="20%" |{{small|East}} ! width="20%" |{{small|South}} ! width="20%" |{{small|West}} ! width="20%" |{{small|North}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay I - The Creation |
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|File:Sanzio, Raffaello - The Separation of Land and Water - 1518-19.JPG |
| {{small|Separation of Light and Darkness}}
|{{small|Separation of Land and Water}} |{{small|Creation of the Sun and Moon}} |{{small|Creation of Animals}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay II - Adam and Eve |
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| {{small|The Fall of Man}}
|{{small|Expulsion from Eden}} |{{small|The First Children}} |{{small|The Creation of Eve}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay III - Noah |
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|File:Loggia di raffaello, 03, 04.jpg |
| {{small|The Ark on Mount Ararat}}
|{{small|The Sacrifice of Noah}} |{{small|The Building of the Ark}} |{{small|The Flood}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay IV - Abraham |
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| {{small|God and Abraham}}
|{{small|Lot Fleeing Sodom}} |{{small|Abraham and Melchizedek}} |{{small|Abraham and the Three Angels}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay V - Isaac |
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| {{small|Abimelech Spies and Isaac and Rebecca}}
|{{small|Isaac and Esau}} |{{small|God and Isaac}} |{{small|Isaac and Jacob}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay VI - Jacob |
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| {{small|Jacob and Laban}}
|{{small|Jacob Returns to Canaan}} |{{small|The Dream of Jacob}} |{{small|Jacob and Rachel}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay VII - Joseph |
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|File:Loggia di raffaello, 07, 04.jpg |
| {{small|The Treachery of Potiphar's Wife}}
|{{small|The Dreams of Pharaoh}} |{{small|The Dreams of Joseph}} |{{small|Joseph Sold by his Brothers}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay VIII - Moses (I) |
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| {{small|The Water Gushing from the Rock}}
|{{small|The Crossing of the Red Sea}} |{{small|The Finding of Moses}} |{{small|The Burning Bush}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay IX - Moses (II) |
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| {{small|The Pillar of Cloud}}
|{{small|Moses Presenting the Law}} |{{small|Moses Receives the Tablets}} |{{small|The Golden Calf}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay X - Joshua |
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| {{small|Crossing the Jordan River}}
|{{small|The Fall of Jericho}} |{{small|The Halting of the Sun}} |{{small|The Dividing of the Land Among the Tribes}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay XI - David |
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|File:Loggia di raffaello, 11, 03.jpg |
| {{small|David Sees Bathsheba}}
|{{small|The Triumph of David}} |{{small|Samuel Anointing David}} |{{small|David and Goliath}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay XII - Solomon |
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| {{small|The Construction of the Temple}}
|{{small|Solomon and the Queen of Sheba}} |{{small|The Consecration of Solomon by Zadok}} |{{small|The Judgement of Solomon}} |
| colspan="4"|Bay XIII - Jesus |
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| {{small|The Baptism of Christ}}
|{{small|The Last Supper}} |{{small|The Nativity}} |{{small|The Adoration of the Magi}} |
See also
Notes
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References
{{commonscat|Loggia di Raffaello (Vatican City)}}
- Wilson, Timothy, Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance, 1987, British Museum Publications, {{ISBN|0714105414}}
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