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Raphael: The School of Athens

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The fresco The School of Athens in the Vatican stages a scene with 58 characters, among whom, grouped around the central figures, Plato and Aristotle, the ancient world's most famous thinkers can be identified. Raphael masterfully synthesizes the history of thought and human wisdom, not only in the space he creates (a virtual temple of philosophy", humanistically speaking), but also in time, lending these ancient philosophers the facial features of some of his most talented contemporaries, including himself, naturally. In any case, above and beyond the variety of at times quite subtle theories as to who is who in the fresco, many of which we shall examine here, the most exciting discovery is surely when we grasp the astonishing quality of an undisputed masterpiece; a paean to the virtually "divine" nature of human thought, retrieved from a mythical past, relaunched and turned into concrete action thanks to the new awareness of the Renaissance man.

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Series Title

Art Mysteries

Call Number

702 Car

Publisher

Milan : 24 Ore Cultura srl., 2012

Collation

80 hlm., 22 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9788866481218

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NONE

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