Pope Julius II goal was to extend the authority of the papal and to make the papacy have true power over the military force and political authority in Italy. Julius hired Michelangelo to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a very important place that held the place of the new popes that are eventually elected. This reflects upon Julius because he wanted to spread the papacy out into the country. Therefore it was the purpose of building the Sistine Chapel. Julius wanted to continue representing the church’s influence through magnificent art, this is why Michelangelo painted many stories from the Bible as well as the Old Testament. Pope Julius wanted to give his contribution to the chapel by commissioning it. Michelangelo also have combined
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Julius is known as the pope who transformed Rome from the dark times of the medieval times in which people were very much private and turned the city into a humanist district with new ideas, this is one of the reasons why he was interested in spreading light, humanism and Christianity into the art that he commissioned. He trusted his ideas and had an overly pride personality which is why he was so eager to have his ideas come into life in the artwork. It was commissioned by pope Julius II for Michelangelo to decorate his library. The composition “Philosophy” was influenced because it came from the philosophy of the pope himself. It was open with clear light that spread through the whole art form. It served as the school of Athens as it reflected the imaginary idea of having all great scholars and artists of the time to gather in one setting. This was made so that Julius wanted to spread the idea of philosophy and knowledge in this composition, this piece was even named “Philosophy” because the pope’s philosophy books were in the library and housed on the shelves. This commission just represents the pope’s nobility to knowledge by showing the most important figures that had great influence on knowledge. And Pope Julius was all about coming and changing the dark times that were present before him to turning everything into light and knowledge and gathering great minds of the popes into
Julius is known as the pope who transformed Rome from the dark times of the medieval times in which people were very much private and turned the city into a humanist district with new ideas, this is one of the reasons why he was interested in spreading light, humanism and Christianity into the art that he commissioned. He trusted his ideas and had an overly pride personality which is why he was so eager to have his ideas come into life in the artwork. It was commissioned by pope Julius II for Michelangelo to decorate his library. The composition “Philosophy” was influenced because it came from the philosophy of the pope himself. It was open with clear light that spread through the whole art form. It served as the school of Athens as it reflected the imaginary idea of having all great scholars and artists of the time to gather in one setting. This was made so that Julius wanted to spread the idea of philosophy and knowledge in this composition, this piece was even named “Philosophy” because the pope’s philosophy books were in the library and housed on the shelves. This commission just represents the pope’s nobility to knowledge by showing the most important figures that had great influence on knowledge. And Pope Julius was all about coming and changing the dark times that were present before him to turning everything into light and knowledge and gathering great minds of the popes into