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Original fileThis profile sketch depicts a warrior in 'all'antica' armor, a Renaissance style that imaginatively reconstructed classical Roman military dress. The figure extends a sword in his right hand while his left arm is tucked behind a large circular shield. Fine cross-hatching is used to create depth on the helmet and the muscular forms of the legs.
This study reflects the Renaissance humanist effort to revive the visual language of Greco-Roman antiquity. Such 'all'antica' motifs were central to the cultural environment of Raphael's circle, providing the aesthetic framework for depicting the philosophers and deities of the Neoplatonic and Hermetic traditions.
Leon Battista Alberti
Raphael's study of classical motifs aligns with Alberti’s humanist theories on the revival of ancient Roman aesthetics and the 'istoria'.
Object
Oil on panel
mythological
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
https://biuroprasowe.zamek-krolewski.pl/informacje-prasowe/zalacznik/2618702
2817 × 4391 px
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