Jane's Smart Art Guides™

Raphael’s Stanza della Segnatura

Finalist National Best
Book Award, Audio Book:
Non-Fiction: Unabridged

In Jane's Smart Art Guide™ Raphael’s Stanza della Segnatura narrator Jane McIntosh describes Raphael’s magnificent frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura at the Vatican. These paintings are among the greatest achievements in the history of art.

Now visitors can contemplate these spectacular paintings guided by the scholarship of a well-known art historian. Raphael’s Stanza della Segnatura is the exclusive audio adaptation of the popular book in The Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance series, written by James Beck, Professor of Art History at Columbia University, and a renowned Renaissance scholar.

Jane’s engaging narration reveals the historic context, the lofty humanist ideals, and the artistic genius that coincided to create these epic panoramic paintings.

Customize The Tour. Your tour can be tailored to your degree of interest and available time -- without loss of continuity -- by simply skipping specified tracks -- to shorten the tour by more than a quarter of an hour.
Pre-visit Context Guide "Slice of History" ... 30 Minutes
On-site Guide to Cloister and Dormitory .... 60-80 Minutes