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Vatican loggias

Part of the Vatican palace

The Vatican loggias () are a corridor space in the Apostolic Palace, originally open to the elements on one side. Their construction was begun by Donato Bramante in 1512. They were decorated in fresco around 1519 by Raphael's large team of artists, with Giovanni da Udine involved. Because of the relative unimportance of the space, and a desire to copy the recently re-discovered Domus Aurea style of Ancient Roman painting, no large paintings were used, and the surfaces were mostly covered with grotesque designs on a white background, with paintings imitating sculptures in niches, and small figurative subjects in a revival of Ancient Roman style. This large array provided a repertoire of elements that were the basis for later artists creating grotesque decoration across Europe.

The loggias now form part of the ceremonial route for distinguished visitors, but are not otherwise on the tourist route.

Between 1787 and 1792, the architect Giacomo Quarenghi constructed a full copy of the loggias, called the Raphael Loggias, in the Large Hermitage, Saint Petersburg.

Scheme

The layout of the scenes in the loggia does not always align when transitioning from bay to bay. As a result, the table below does not display the biblical events in chronological order, but according to the orientation of the loggia itself.

The scheme of the ceiling of the Raphael Loggia from north to south is as follows:

East	South	West	North
Bay I - The Creation
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 01, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	border	frameless	Separation of Light and Darkness]]	[[File:Sanzio, Raffaello - The Separation of Land and Water - 1518-19.JPG	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 01, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
Separation of Light and Darkness	Separation of Land and Water	Creation of the Sun and Moon	Creation of Animals
Bay II - Adam and Eve
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 02, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 02, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 02, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 02, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
The Fall of Man	Expulsion from Eden	The First Children	The Creation of Eve
Bay III - Noah
[[File:Leaving the ark on Mount Ararat.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 03, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 03, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 03, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
The Ark on Mount Ararat	The Sacrifice of Noah	The Building of the Ark	The Flood
Bay IV - Abraham
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 04, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 04, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 04, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 04, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
God and Abraham	Lot Fleeing Sodom	Abraham and Melchizedek	Abraham and the Three Angels
Bay V - Isaac
[[File:Loggia di raffaello 07.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 05, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 05, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 05, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
Abimelech Spies and Isaac and Rebecca	Isaac and Esau	God and Isaac	Isaac and Jacob
Bay VI - Jacob
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 06, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 06, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello 08.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello 05.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
Jacob and Laban	Jacob Returns to Canaan	The Dream of Jacob	Jacob and Rachel
Bay VII - Joseph
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 07, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 07, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 07, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 07, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
The Treachery of Potiphar's Wife	The Dreams of Pharaoh	The Dreams of Joseph	Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Bay VIII - Moses (I)
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 08, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 08, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 08, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
The Water Gushing from the Rock	The Crossing of the Red Sea	The Finding of Moses	The Burning Bush
Bay IX - Moses (II)
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 09, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 09, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 09, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 09, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
The Pillar of Cloud	Moses Presenting the Law	Moses Receives the Tablets	The Golden Calf
Bay X - Joshua
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 10, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 10, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 10, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 10, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
Crossing the Jordan River	The Fall of Jericho	The Halting of the Sun	The Dividing of the Land Among the Tribes
Bay XI - David
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 11, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 11, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 11, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 11, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
David Sees Bathsheba	The Triumph of David	Samuel Anointing David	David and Goliath
Bay XII - Solomon
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 12, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 12, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 12, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 12, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
The Construction of the Temple	Solomon and the Queen of Sheba	The Consecration of Solomon by Zadok	The Judgement of Solomon
Bay XIII - Jesus
[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 13, 03.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 13, 04.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 13, 01.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]	[[File:Loggia di raffaello, 13, 02.jpg	upright=.2	centre	frameless]]
The Baptism of Christ	The Last Supper	The Nativity	The Adoration of the Magi

Notes

References

Wilson, Timothy, Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance, 1987, British Museum Publications,

References

"Raphael in the Vatican - Romainteractive".
Wilson, 152

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