Loggia di raffaello, 03, 01

The scene depicts the skeletal structure of the Ark being assembled with heavy timber ribs. Noah, dressed in red and white robes, gestures toward the work while his sons use tools like a frame saw and axes to shape the wood. In the background, a rolling landscape stretches toward distant hills under a clear sky.

The construction of the Ark was interpreted by Renaissance Neoplatonists and natural philosophers as an act of divine architecture reflecting the proportions of the human body. This connection between the Ark's dimensions and the 'Perfect Man' or microcosm made it a central subject in later esoteric works on sacred geometry and the preservation of archetypal knowledge.