What Does it All Mean? The Painting and its Subject
Finally, we come to terms with the School of Athens. How was it painted, and what does it mean? How do how it was painted and what it means intersect?
The School of Athens: What is it saying and how does it say it?
Presented by David Mayernik
Composition and technique – Perspective, the cartoon, the giornate
Learn about the perspective of the architectural space and the organization of the groups of figures within it.
Plato and Aristotle: Schools of Thought
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The two protagonists and their allies
How do the two protagonists of the painting, Plato and Aristotle, sponsor the organization of the rest of the figures?
Some particulars: Plato and Michelangelo
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The medium and the message
We will look closely at two figures in particular. One of them, the subject of week two, may represent Michelangelo. The other, Plato, may also represent Leonardo da Vinci.
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- David Mayernik, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame
Additional Resources
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- Overview of Renaissance Humanism from the Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/humanism
- BBC radio discussion of Philosophy as shown in the School of Athens (42 minutes): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b00j7txt
- Ingrid Rowland, “The Intellectual Background of the School of Athens,” Raphael’s School of Athens, Marcia Hall, ed., Cambridge, 1997, pp.131-170 all
- Giovan Pietro Bellori, “The Ancient Gymnasium of Athens, or Philosophy,” Raphael’s School of Athens, Marcia Hall, ed., Cambridge, 1997, pp.48-51 excerpt
- Timothy Verdon, “Pagans in the Church: The School of Athens in Religious Context,” Raphael’s School of Athens, Marcia Hall, ed., Cambridge, 1997, pp.122-130 excerpt; Total pages of this book, excluding Index and Further Reading, 170