In this week's episode of Accessible Art History: The Podcast, I discuss the magnificent High Renaissance masterpiece The School of Athens. It was painted by Raphael between 1509-1511. To listen, download it on your favorite platform or click here.
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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School of Athens, in situ
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Pope Julius II
Raphael, 1511-12
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Plato and Aristotle
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Euclid (Portrait of Bramante)
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Heraclitus (Portrait of Michelangelo)
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Raphael (Self Portrait)
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Anaximander
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Pythagoras and Archimedes
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Aeschines and Socrates
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Diogenes
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Alexander the Great
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Zeno of Citium
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Parmenides
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Ibn Rushd
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Epicurus
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1509-11
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Self Portrait, age 23
Raphael, 1503-04
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Sources
Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 12th edition by Fred S. Kleiner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/v/raphael-school-of-athens
https://mymodernmet.com/school-of-athens-raphael/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/a/raphael-school-of-athens
http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/stanze-di-raffaello/stanza-della-segnatura/scuola-di-atene.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Raphael-Italian-painter-and-architect
https://www.theartstory.org/movement/high-renaissance/
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