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Original fileThe scene features a youthful figure in a vibrant red garment positioned in a celestial blue space, framed by a decorative border of classical grotesque motifs. Below the clouds, the tops of several saints' heads are visible, identified by their tonsures and delicate, gold-dotted halos. The work shows the characteristic clear light and balanced composition of the High Renaissance, despite visible areas of plaster loss.
This fresco represents an early stage of Raphael’s development of the 'Disputa' arrangement, which visualizes the Neoplatonic concept of a hierarchical, harmonious cosmos. The geometric organization of the figures in semi-circular tiers reflects the Renaissance effort to reconcile Christian theology with Pythagorean and Platonic ideas of celestial order.
Marsilio Ficino
Raphael's tiered arrangement of the heavenly host mirrors the celestial hierarchies and the soul's ascent described in Ficino's Theologia Platonica.
Object
Oil on panel
religious
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