Rome Artifacts Peyton Fralick
The School of Athens is a fresco in a room in the Vatican that was painted by Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1511. The focus of this painting are two men, one old and the other young. This is supposed to be Socrates and his student Plato who are having a discussion as they walk through the school in Athens. In this scene there are numerous other people sitting around in a forum discussing new ideas. It is paintings like these that show life in Europe is moving out of the dark ages and into the Renaissance. The art of the dark ages would have been strictly religious. This painting was in no way religious, it depicted the everyday life of two philosophers who had
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The School of Athens
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Vatican City
The School of Athens is a fresco in a room in the Vatican that was painted by Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1511. The focus of this painting are two men, one old and the other young. This is supposed to be Socrates and his student Plato who are having a discussion as they walk through the school in Athens. In this scene there are numerous other people sitting around in a forum discussing new ideas. It is paintings like these that show life in Europe is moving out of the dark ages and into the Renaissance. The art of the dark ages would have been strictly religious. This painting was in no way religious, it depicted the everyday life of two philosophers who had
lived long before this was painted.
1.
The Greek Boxer
2.
Roman Sarcophagus
3.
The Pantheon
4.
Statue of Augustus Caesar
5.
The Arch of Constantine
6.
The Pieta
7.
Laocoon
8.
The School of Athens
9.
The Sistine Chapel
10.
Bernini's David
11.
Caravaggio Madonna and Child
12.
St. Peters Bisilica
13.
Michelangelo's David
14.
Botticelli's Primavera
15.
Altare della Patria
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