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1509-1511 Analysis

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In the video, it is apparent that Raphel painted these marvelous works of art in 1509-1511 to display the four branches of human knowledge. The four branches that are represented are philosophy, theology, poetry, and justice. He also conveyed how the church is as equally significant as human knowledge through his paintings. He put the paintings with the concepts of the church on the opposite side of those that represented philosophy to show that they are different, but deserve an equal chance to be observed. Moreover, through his paintings, he was able to create a clear picture of both concepts for people to understand his perspective as well as create their own. He put two philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, who have two different views

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