Vatican loggias

The Vatican loggias (Italian: Logge di Raffaello) are a corridor space in the Apostolic Palace, originally open to the elements on one side.

[1] They were decorated in fresco around 1519 by Raphael's large team of artists, with Giovanni da Udine involved.

Because of the relative unimportance of the space, and a desire to copy the recently re-discovered Domus Aurea style of Ancient Roman painting, no large paintings were used, and the surfaces were mostly covered with grotesque designs on a white background, with paintings imitating sculptures in niches, and small figurative subjects in a revival of Ancient Roman style.

This large array provided a repertoire of elements that were the basis for later artists creating grotesque decoration across Europe.

As a result, the table below does not display the biblical events in chronological order, but according to the orientation of the loggia itself.