Tag: Raphael
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Medicean optics: an analysis of Raffaello’s Portrait of Pope Leo X and Two Cardinals
Vincent P. de Luise New Haven, Connecticut, United States Portrait of Pope Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici) and his cousins, the cardinals Giulio de’ Medici and Luigi de’ Rossi. Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael). oil on panel 154 cm x 119 cm (61 in. x 49 in). 1518-1519. Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Myopia, or nearsightedness, is…
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Signs of diseases in art
Chris ClarkExeter, United Kingdom “Every human being tells a story even if he never speaks.”1 Two paintings hang next to each other in the sumptuous Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome: The Rest on the flight to Egypt and Penitent Magdalen. Both are early works by Caravaggio, and these two diverse biblical women appear to have…