The School of Athens

The School of Athens

Raphael’s The School of Athens represents the value of classical ideas in the art world of the Renaissance. The painting depicts several prominent philosophers of Ancient Greece in a large, Classical building. The image represents the Renaissance idea that Classical thinkers were contemporaries of Renaissance humanists. This idealized depiction of humanist thought is typical of the principles of the late Renaissance, and Raphael’s Classically inspired theme and style are characteristic of Renaissance ideals of beauty.

Raphael

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1509-1510