US EditionVatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries
VATICAN CITY, JUL 13 – A decade-long restoration revealed Raphael's experimental oil-on-wall technique using resin and nails, a method unique in mural art, officials said.
- The Vatican Museums unveiled the last of the restored Raphael Rooms after a 10-year cleaning project that uncovered new discoveries about Raphael's painting techniques.
- Restorers found that Raphael had begun using oil paint directly on the walls and embedding nails to hold a resin surface, an experimental technique he never completed before his death.
- Pope Julius II had commissioned the young Raphael to decorate the rooms, which celebrate Roman emperor Constantine's embrace of Christianity.
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The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of high Renaissance artistry.
The Vatican Museums unveiled on Thursday the last and most important of the restored Rafael Halls, the spectacular reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that, in some respects, rival the Sistine Chapel as the pinnacle of Renaissance art.
The Vatican Museums unveiled on Thursday the last and most important of the restored Rafael Halls, the spectacular reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that, in some respects, rival the Sistine Chapel as the pinnacle of Renaissance art. A decade-long project to clean and restore the largest of the four Halls of Raphael discovered a novel technique of mural painting that the renowned painter and Renaissance architect began, but never completed…
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