Inspired by the preparatory cartoon for Raphael’s School of Athens, Giulio Manfredi wanted to pay homage to the master from Urbino with an installation in Raphael’s Cartoon Room, in the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Twenty-one jewels inspired by twenty-one characters, delicately shown to visitors by diaphanous figures who, as if descending from the wall, continue a dialogue of culture and beauty transcending space and time.

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School of light
Alberto Rocca

The Legend of a Jewelled Sky
Arnaldo Colasanti

RAFFAELLO
Ring CCCXXII

BRAMANTE
Bracelet CCCXV

SOCRATE
Necklace CCCXIV

EMPEDOCLE
Earrings CCCXXVII

LEONARDO
Ring CCCXXXI

PITAGORA
Necklace CCCXX

BELLEZZA PURA
Earrings CCCXXVI

STUPORE
Choker CCCXIX

ARISTOTELE
Bracelet CCCXXI

ERACLITO
Brooch CCCXXIX

PARMENIDE
Necklace CCCXXV

ZOROASTRO
Ring CCCXXII

MICHELANGELO
Choker CCCXVI

ALCIBIADE
Rings CCCXXIV

ORFEO
Choker CCCXXX

DIOGENE
Necklace CCCXXXII

EUCLIDE
Bracelet CCCXXXIV

SOFISTI
Ring CCCXVIII

TOLOMEO
Necklace CCCXVII

PLOTINO
Earrings CCCXXVIII

PLATONE
Necklace CCCXXXIII

Giulio Manfredi