ID: 700008513 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008513	Record Type: Movable Work
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School of Athens (fresco (painting); Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520); commissione...; 1508-1511)

Note: The most famous philosophers of ancient times move within an imposing Renaissance architecture which is inspired by Bramante's project for the renewal of the early Christian basilica of St Peter. Some of these are easily recognizable. In the centre Plato points upwards with a finger and holds his book Timeus in his hand, flanked by Aristotle with Ethics; Pythagoras is shown in the foreground intent on explaining the diatesseron. Diogenes is lying on the stairs with a dish, while the pessimist philosopher, Heracleitus, a portrait of Michelangelo, is leaning against a block of marble, writing on a sheet of paper. Michelangelo was in those years executing the paintings in the nearby Sistine Chapel. On the right we see Euclid, who is teaching geometry to his pupils, Zoroaster holding the heavenly sphere and Ptolemy holding the earthly sphere. The personage on the extreme right with the black beret is a self-portrait of Raphael.

Titles:

School of Athens (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Scuola di Atene (C,U,OR,Italian-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

fresco (painting) [300177433] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1508-1511

Creator Display:

Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520); commissioned by Pope Julius II [preferred,VP]

commissioner (person who orders works) Julius II, Pope (Italian pope, patron, 1443-1513) [500281862]

painter Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) [500023578]

Locations:

Current: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: fresco

	buon fresco [300403944]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>, fresco painting (technique))

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	High Renaissance [300021142] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

portraits

Specific Subjects:

	philosophy [300054279]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities) (AAT)

	Ancient Greece [7594735]
	.....(Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Athenian [300385964]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style), Attic (culture)) (AAT)

	Plato (Greek philosopher, 428/427-348/347 BCE) [500248317]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Aristotle. (Ancient Greek philosopher, scientist, ca. 384-322 BCE) [500259120]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Diogenes (Ancient Greek philosopher, died ca. 323 BCE) [500354445]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Heraclitus (Ancient Greek philosopher, ca. 540- ca. 480 BCE) [500344373]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter, architect, 1475-1564) [500010654]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	Euclid (Greek mathematician, born ca. 300 BCE) [500236221]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Zoroaster (ancient Persian prophet, ca. 628-ca. 551 BCE, or earlier) [500372710]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Ptolemy (Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent, ca. 100-ca. 170 CE) [500330559]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) [500023578]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	portraits [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	self-portrait [300124534]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

Related Works:

	cartoon is .... Preliminary cartoon for the School of Athens [700008512]
	..........cartoon (working drawing); Raphael (Italian painter, 1483-1520); 1509/1510; Pinacoteca Ambrosiana (Milan, Milano province, Lombardy, Ita...

	architectural context is .... Stanza della Segnatura [700008433]
	..........room (interior space); unknown Italian architect; painted by Raphael and his studio...; 16th century; Vatican Palace

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Stanza della Segnatura Cycle

Sources and Contributors:
School of Athens	........ [VP]
	........ Vatican Museums [online] (2000-)
	........ Pinacoteca Ambrosiana: Biblioteca Ambrosiana [online] (2000-)
	........ Janson, History of Art (1997)
	........ Gere, Drawings by Raphael (1987)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Scuola di Atene	........ [VP]
	........ Vatican Museums [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Vatican Museums [online] (2000-)