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	Raphael's Stanze at the Vatican
	written by saruw / 09.17.2004

Section Five

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Center Medallion of the Ceiling

Obviously, this room provides the modern viewer with a unique experience due to the amazing artistic abilities of Raphael. Unlike his later works which he often sketched out but had his students finish, the Segnatura provides a great example of a work entirely completed by Raphael. It also shows from wall to wall the speedy maturation of one of the most renowned artists of the Renaissance. Since Raphael only lived twelve years after beginning of the Segnatura and only eight years after its completion, this room houses a large chunk of Raphael~{!/~}s life. Obviously, he worked on other pieces than just this room at the same time, but like Lisa said, this room really made Raphael a ~{!0~}Rock Star~{!1~} of the Renaissance. Visitors today should consider themselves lucky to be able to see scenes of the original great thinkers in the same room as some of the most famous biblical figures including Jesus himself. It will be continuously visited because the people in the painting are continuously studied and revered for their amazing contributions to modern society. At the time of its completion, the characters had already survived over 1,500 years of scrutiny. This sense of timelessness and perseverance of ideas from that period of time through the Renaissance to today makes it hard to believe the painting could ever go out of style or grace with museum goers, art historians, and philosophers everywhere.

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