The art of exhibition design

The preparatory cartoon for the School of Athens by Raffaello Sanzio, after four years of restoration, is back in place at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan, in an exhibit specially designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti.

The work is the largest surviving cartoon from the Renaissance period, and is shown in a space that brings out its character as a preparatory drawing – in a showcase of 3 x 9 meters – as in a sort of school-workshop, including a table made with the collaboration of Riva 1920 to present texts and images for in-depth study of the precious work commissioned by Pope Julius II to Raphael in 1508.