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Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries
- On Thursday, Vatican Museums unveiled the last of the restored Raphael Rooms in the Apostolic Palace, rivaling the Sistine Chapel in Renaissance artistry.
- The decade-long restoration by the Vatican Museums aimed to preserve the largest Raphael Room, revealing Raphael’s experimental oil-on-wall technique with embedded nail grids.
- Vatican restorers confirmed Raphael used oil paint directly on walls with embedded nails, a unique, experimental mural technique never seen before in other artworks.
- With scaffolding removed, the Raphael Rooms are now fully accessible for Jubilee visitors, enhancing cultural appeal as Jatta states the restoration 'rewrites a part of the history of art' and completes ahead of the 2025 Jubilee.
- The Vatican Museums completed the Raphael Rooms restoration ahead of the Youth Jubilee, boosting Vatican's cultural appeal during the 2025 celebrations.
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Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries - Entertainment News
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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