This article focuses on the antiquarian and literary fortune of the ancient statues that Pope Julius II exhibited in the Belvedere Courtyard of the Vatican in the last years of his papacy. More specifically, in the present article two texts are published and analyzed which are to be considered – as far as we know – the earliest literary celebrations of the statues, namely two Latin poems printed in Rome on 8 March 1512 and written by Aurelio Serena, a humanist from Monopoli in Apulia. The first of these compositions is devoted entirely to the statue of 'Cleopatra', today known as the 'Sleeping Ariadne', while the second presents a general overview of the Vatican palaces, with mention of the five major attractions of the Belvedere Courtyard – the statues of 'Laocoön and His Sons', 'Apollo Belvedere', 'Venus Felix', 'Cleopatra/Ariadne', and 'Tiber'.
Index
Lorenzo Miletti, Stefania Tuccinardi
A poetical celebration of the Cortile delle Statue and the 'Cleopatra' in the Vatican: Aurelio Serena da Monopoli
read abstract » pag. 3-19
read abstract » pag. 3-19
Roberto Bartalini
“La piaga che Maria richiuse e unse”. More on the mural paintings by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the chapel of San Galgano on Monte Siepi
read abstract » pag. 20-31
read abstract » pag. 20-31
Cristiana Pasqualetti
New light on Calderini Pontifical and manuscript decoration between L'Aquila and Rome during the Great Schism (with a mention of Zacara da Teramo, “scriptore et miniatore”)
read abstract » pag. 32-59
read abstract » pag. 32-59
Silvia Paltineri
A group of figure-decorated situlas from the Este area dating from the 5th-4th century BC. A possible interpretation
read abstract » pag. 60-68
read abstract » pag. 60-68
Antonio Mazzotta
More Venetian 'portraits' for Antonello, Jacometto and Andrea Previtali
read abstract » pag. 69-91
read abstract » pag. 69-91
Cristina Conti
Perino del Vaga and the 'Lamentation of Christ' in Santo Stefano del Cacco: a proposed dating
read abstract » pag. 92-95
read abstract » pag. 92-95
Camilla Colzani
Pellegrino Tibaldi and the painting of the Sala Regia in the Vatican: documents and drawings
read abstract » pag. 96-99
read abstract » pag. 96-99
Gennaro De Luca
The poet Giorgio Maria Rapparini and the arts at the Palatine court of Düsseldorf
read abstract » pag. 105-121
read abstract » pag. 105-121
Stefania Castellana
An incursion into the workshop of Sagrestani: Giuseppe Moriani and the 'Martyrdom of Saint Andrew' in the church of the Mantellate in Florence
read abstract » pag. 122-133
read abstract » pag. 122-133
Elisa Bruttini
“Antichità, e altre galanterie diverse”. The rudite collector Giovan Girolamo Carli
read abstract » pp.. 134-141
read abstract » pp.. 134-141
Nicol M. Mocchi
The Austro-German model for Italian painters in the age of Symbolism:hypotheses of visual appropriation
read abstract » pag. 142-165
read abstract » pag. 142-165
Eliana Carrara
Review of Le postille di padre Sebastiano Resta ai due esemplari delle «Vite» di Giorgio Vasari nella Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and Le Postille di Padre Resta alle «Vite» di Baglione. Omaggio a Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò
read abstract » pag. 180-181
read abstract » pag. 180-181