Question

In the painting "School of Athens", why do you think Raphael chose to paint himself standing among the Greek philosophers, and to paint some of the Greek philosophers to resemble his contemporaries Bramante and Leonardo da Vinci?

Answer 1

The School of Athens (Italian: Scuola di Atene) is one of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican he did this because His theory of how they all moved around the earth remained the authority until Copernicus and Kepler figured out (in the late 16th century) that the earth was not at the center of the universe, and that the planets moved in orbits the shape of ellipses not in circles. Raphael included a self-portrait of himself, standing next to Ptolemy. He looks right out at us.

Answer 2

• The School of Athens is one of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael.
• It was painted between 1509 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms .
• The School of Athens was the third painting Raphael completed after Disputa .
• It's positioned facing Disputa and symbolizes philosophy, setting up a contrast between religious and lay beliefs.
• Raphael's fresco The School of Athens exemplifies the Renaissance idea of taking Greek classical models as inspiration both for artistic and philosophical purposes.
• The fresco is thus about ancient Greek philosophy and Aristotle stands at its center.
• The painting is notable for its accurate perspective projection, which Raphael learned from Leonardo DA Vinci .

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