The Reading Images Project

• Technique  
  • History of Fresco
  • Early Renaissance Fresco Technique
  • Later Renaissance Fresco Technique
  • Raphael's Methods
• Biography
• Style
  • Renaissance Style
    • Composition
    • Space
    • Figures
    • Palette
    • Light
  • Raphael's Style
    • Composition
    • Space
    • Figures
    • Colors
    • Light
• Iconography
  • Function
  • Content
  • Symbolism
    • Architecture
    • Figures' Relationships: Plato & Aristotle
    • Figures' Relationships: the 2 halves of the fresco
  • Commentaries
  • Precedents
    • Renaissance Libraries
    • "Famous Men"
    • Famous Men & Christian Precepts
    • Julius II's Library of Famous Men
• Patronage & Social Context
  • The Commission
  • The Patron
• Setting
  • The Vatican
  • The Ceiling
  • The Disputa
  • Parnassus
  • Jurisprudence
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Comments