The papacy of Pope Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere) at the beginning of the sixteenth century was an important period for the patronage of the arts in Italy especially the visual arts and Julius was one of the most active and significant patrons of his time.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Art patronage of Julius II"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.