Raffaello, affresco della cappella san severo

This fresco is divided into two registers: the upper portion shows Christ flanked by angels and saints below a dove representing the Holy Spirit and a book with the Alpha and Omega. The lower register features a series of standing saints, including Jerome and Gregory the Great, flanking a central niche containing the Virgin and Child. The composition emphasizes a structured, harmonious divine order characteristic of the High Renaissance.

This work embodies the Neoplatonic 'Ladder of Being' and the synthesis of Christian theology with classical harmony, a central project of the Roman and Florentine academies. It reflects the intellectual influence of thinkers like Marsilio Ficino, who sought to reconcile the hierarchical structure of the cosmos with Christian revelation.