Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura : Meaning and Invention (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. The Stanza della Segnatura and its painted program: the Library of Julius II; 2. The inventor of the program: ambiguities and uncertainties; 3. The Pope's Librarian, Tommaso Inghirami: portrait of a Humanist; 4. The ceiling: the birth of the disciplines and the triumph of their protector; 5. The geography of the Stanza della Segnatura; 6. The Disputa: a visionary theology and the exultation of Christianity; 7. The School of Athens: the great philosophical inventions; 8. The Parnassus: the universal language of Apollo; 9. The Jurisprudence: civil law, canon law, and divine law; 10. The pavement: the power of the Sacred Hebrew language; 11. Conclusion: the Humanism of the Stanza Della Segnatura; 12. Epilogue: Harmony is the most beautiful thing. Raphael's pythagoreanism.