Introduction to The Disputation Of The Holy Sacrament

The bottom margin is 769.5 cm, which belongs to the theme of Roman Vatican first group Theology. Raphael took advantage of Christian's academic research for blessed sacrament to form a magnificent scene of multiple characters.

The so-called The Disputation Of The Holy Sacrament is the "Christian sacrament". But the ceremony of Catholic and Orthodox are not the same. Christians believe sacrament is concluded by Jesus Christ himself with certain forms of religious rituals. There are seven sacraments: baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, refreshment and mating. Here what the artist has depicted is Trinity Christian scares extraordinary and priests about Scripture details in the grand sacrament. Here is communion (i.e. Holy Communion wafers) symbol, being put in the middle of the picture composition on the altar. Drawing on the unfolding of events is divided into two levels, namely, two different scenes -earth and heaven.

In the sky, a symbol of the father's image is the highest in the arched frame with gods and the archangel Gabriel on both sides; Jesus places in the aura casting a thousand beams, showing in the nude image. On both sides of Jesus, there are Madonna and Baptist John. Under the clouds of Jesus, there is a pigeon, which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit to constitute the Trinity (i.e. the father, son, and Holy Spirit). All the prophets and the apostles said in the Bible sit on both sides. The momentum is very solemn with rolling clouds to make form an immeasurably vast difference. Under the long floating clouds, there is the world famous character. Here are the priests, bishops, priests, the elderly and young people.

Each image in painting is portrayed very lively. Visitors can find historical characters including Dante, Savanna Roller, devout monk painter Ann Jerico. Raphael uses extreme modeling techniques and reasonably makes a strong sense of rhythm arrangement of these real characters to give a person with memorable history party impression. The ordinary people on the ground are more vivid than the saints in the sky. Some appear calm, some have a strong body, and some behave liberal and dignified like scholars.

Appreciation to The Disputation Of The Holy Sacrament

Each image in painting is portrayed very lively. Visitors can find historical characters including Dante, Savanna Roller, devout monk painter Ann Jerico. Raphael uses extreme modeling techniques and reasonably makes a strong sense of rhythm arrangement of these real characters to give a person with memorable history party impression. The ordinary people on the ground are more vivid than the saints in the sky. Some appear calm, some have a strong body, and some behave liberal and dignified like scholars.

This color is very full, deep, and has the very strong expressive force. Signature hall is a smaller room within Vatican only with 9 longitudinal meters long and about 6 horizontal meters. The contour is semicircular arches. Looking from a distance, it is like a semicircular arc window, so the wall murals can be only described along the original modeling. Raphael uses the upper semicircle arch to make the perfect processing. He has painted arched architectural details so that the screen and the wall itself become so natural, which is Raphael's inventive mind.

Another characteristic is, all four paintings are related to the philosophy of religion in addition to "Poetics". But "Poetics" is exactly adjacent to "Theology". The peaceful coexistence phenomenon of Christian and pagan (Greek mythology was regarded as heretical) shows the church's tolerant attitude for pagan culture at that time. Here, we can also see Adam and Eve as well as the Apollo myth. They seek common ground while reserving differences with Jesus who is the son of God. I'm afraid it's neither ironic, nor a joke. It is a kind of thought evolution in the age of Raphael. At that time, people comply in appearance but oppose some religious sacred rules in heart attitude. History is always so. When Christianity was crack down by the Roman army, they got the final reconciliation. Now in the Pope's office official hall, Christianity also tends to reconcile with ancient Rome culture. Anyway, Raphael here naturally or half unconsciously makes into a way to defeat the asceticism society-entry thought.

At the beginning of 16th century, the chief architect responsible for Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and the palace of the Vatican is Raphael's uncle Bramante. In order to let Rafael come to Rome to show his skills, architect persuaded Pope Julius II to ask this only 25-year-old painter to come to Rome to complete a series of murals in the office. According to Pope's original intention, murals in this office had a general theme to praise Catholic leaders. This meant using the magnificent murals to promote Roman power authority. All the contents of murals must involve Roman curia history and include portraits of Julius II and his successors Leo X. According to this requirement, after Raphael came to Rome, he seriously thought the murals on the walls. Now the composition content of these four large murals was broader than the original versions. Or to say, Raphael's composition was basically in contradiction with the intention of the pope. The artist here with the help of different subjects plot, tried to show the highest human wisdom and culture. Although inconsistent with the church's mission, it was also difficult to oppose. The painter made great paintings of "Theology", "Philosophy", "Poetics", and "Law" with lots of praises, which was in line with the humanism ideological content.