A History of European Art

Raphael:

Baldassare Castiglione, c. 1514–15, oil on canvas, 32 ¼ x 26 ¼”

(82 x 67 cm), Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

Expulsion of Heliodorus, 1511–12, fresco, Stanza d’Eliodoro, Vatican

Palace, Vatican State, Rome, Italy.

Galatea, 1513–14, fresco, 9’ 10” x 7’ 2 ½” (300 x 220 cm), Villa

Farnesina, Rome, Italy.

School of Athens, 1510–11, fresco, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican

Palace, Vatican State, Rome, Italy.

Sistine Madonna, 1513, oil on canvas, 8’ 10” x 6’ 7 ¼” (269.5 x 201

cm), Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany.

De Vecchi, Raphael.

Santi, Raphael.

1. How does the commercialization of a painting or drawing, as mentioned
   in connection with the angels in the Sistine Madonna, affect your
   viewing of the work of art as a whole?


2. How does Raphael use movement to drive his paintings? Think of
   Galatea and Expulsion of Heliodorus.

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