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The 22 pages that link to Pope Julius II, each with the reason it gives.

• Papal StatesRelated: His campaigns expanded and consolidated papal control in central Italy.

• FrescoRelated: His commission brought Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

• MichelangeloRelated: His ambitious commissions drew Michelangelo into the Vatican’s most demanding projects.

• RaphaelRelated: Julius II commissioned Raphael to decorate rooms in the Vatican Palace.

• Sistine Chapel ceilingRelated: His patronage initiated the project and shaped its ambitious scale.

• St. Peter's BasilicaRelated: He commissioned the new basilica and appointed Donato Bramante as its first chief architect.

• High RenaissanceRelated: His patronage brought Michelangelo and Raphael into the Vatican’s ambitious building and decoration program.

• Girolamo SavonarolaRelated: His later pontificate marked a papal order different from the one Savonarola had challenged.

• Pope Sixtus IVRelated: He continued the della Rovere family's influence and expanded papal patronage.

• Laocoön and His SonsRelated: He acquired the newly discovered sculpture for the Vatican’s collection.

• Sistine ChapelRelated: His commission initiated the chapel’s most famous phase of decoration.

• Vatican MuseumsRelated: His collecting of classical sculpture established the museums’ early collection.

• War of the League of CambraiRelated: He promoted the anti-Venetian alliance and later redirected it against France.

• Donato BramanteRelated: Julius II commissioned Bramante’s redesign of St. Peter’s and the Belvedere complex.

• The School of AthensRelated: His patronage initiated the decoration of Raphael’s Vatican rooms.

• Sistine MadonnaRelated: The painting’s commission is traditionally linked to his papacy.

• The Creation of AdamRelated: He commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

• Giuliano da SangalloRelated: His rebuilding program for St. Peter’s brought Sangallo into competition for the basilica’s design.