Raphael’s The School of Athens: Classical Philosophers in a Renaissance Work

Another change that occurred during the Italian Renaissance was the artistic perspective of this world. People were no longer painting two dimensional art, and non logical portraits. A new technique, chiaroscuros a technique that involved light and shadows, gave their paintings more depth and a realistic imagery. They also made their paintings more realistic by making the objects relative to one another. They emphasised emotions and belief in a universe full of harmony.

The transition from Middle ages to Renaissance for art changed dramatically. The Art in the Middle ages was usually 2 dimensional and had a religious subject. When the renaissance came around art changed a lot. New artistic styles would echo the broader movements and interest of the new age. The art produced in the renaissance was more 3d and focused more on individuals and landscapes (Doc A). Paintings such as the Mona Lisa are what the Renaissance focused on, as well as landscapes such as the wedding at Cana. The works of art changed man’s view of the world

From the book Living with Art I chose Raphael. The School of Athens on page 160. This painting took place in Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. Rome. This is a naturalistic stylized pace of art. The two visual elements of design that I saw in the Raphael painting, is color, and space. There are both horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines to making up the arches and all the columns. An implied line is in each group of men and women in this paining. The group of young women and men in the bottom right hand corner are looking up at the ceiling as like the man are trying to describe the structure of it. The arch emphasis allusion to make the person

Renaissance is a time period that starts a transitional cultural movement in Europe between medieval times and modern times. It means rebirth and begins in 14th century and lasts into the 17th century. Through out this time, many aspects were influenced by this cultural movement, such as art, music, science, religion and politics. Renaissance was marked by the humanistic revival, and people in Europe used this method in study, in order to searched for realism and human themselves in art. There are three stages within this time, called early Renaissance, high Renaissance and the late Renaissance. In history, the last two stages were very noticeable, although they both belongs to the Renaissance, there are many differences between

The Renaissance was a distinct time period from the middle ages, due to many factors. Some of the factors include, the artist's’ thinking, the style of art, and architecture, and the advancement of education.

The Renaissance was from the late fourteenth century to the late sixteenth century.The word Renaissance means ‘rebirth’ in French. In this period of the arts, the paintings dramatically improved. The individuals changed from flat two-dimensional people to three-dimensional, life-like figures. During the Renaissance, there were many artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Jan van Eyck.

The Renaissance was an artistic advancement era of astonishing beautiful structures and artwork that flourished all over Europe. The Renaissance marked a new period in the appearance of creativity, thus changing Europe.

Raphael’s “School of Athens” fresco is one of the four frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura , in the Vatican. The walls are covered with four different scenes, each depicting a different theme. The School of Athens represents Philosophy. The techniques and figures used in the fresco not only pay homage to Raphael’s influences, but are also a presentation of the skills acquired from each. Almost as though he was submitting it for approval. As Raphael traveled throughout Italy, he formed relationships with, and learned a great deal from the masters of the age. In the School of Athens, Raphael depicts his teachers and influences in disguise and presents the skills learned from each. It is because of these influences and the creativity of

The Renaissance was a period of great cultural and technological changes that lasted in Europe from the 14th century to the 17th century. Each area in Europe was impacted differently, there were two main renaissances, which were the Italian and the Northern Renaissance. Although, they are similar under general aspects, they do differ in their timing, Humanism, and the themes and techniques of their art. The Italian and Northern Renaissance had a great impact on Europe, each unique in their own way.

The Medieval Times and the Renaissance were grand times that added new types of art and ideas about religion that are still very popular and interesting. The Renaissance, which started in the 1300 - 1700 in Italy and Southern France, came after the Middle Ages, which took place in 500 - 1500 in Europe right after Rome’s end. Because of the need for change after the fall of Rome, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance had art and religious beliefs that were unique and rapidly changed.

-I feel it was important to study Raphael because he was so influential during the high renaissance. If you were to visit the Vatican today you see may of his great works.it is important to know about the artist to be able to deeply appreciate his works.

The Renaissance is the rebirth of Europe, and considered as the beginning of modern history. In this era of time, people looked back and studied the Greek and Roman knowledge, skills, attitude, and art, while stepping out of the Middle Ages artwork techniques and creating new techniques to breathe realism, individualism, humanism, mannerism, and more into the art. The Middle Ages artwork majorly focussed on the religious aspect of the art, leaving out the techniques to make the art look realistic. However, the Renaissance artwork used many new techniques that they developed, like chiaroscuro, the use of light and shading, to create an effect that the Middle Ages artwork had not seen before. The art shows how the Renaissance evolved from focussing

The Renaissance was a time when ideas and innovations flourished all over Europe. New ideas and experimentation were a huge part of the budding culture. As culture changed, it started focusing more on secular ideas than religious. This caused a huge uprise of new inventions and ideas. Some beliefs changed how people look at themselves like valuing the individual. People became much more understanding and open to new ideas because of the idea that individuality and human being were important. Throughout time man has looked upon themselves differently which during the Renaissance was expressed through new styles of art, literature and scientific innovations.

This picture has long been seen as “Raphael’s masterpiece and the perfect embodiment of the classical spirit of the Renaissance.” I can’t wait to tell you all about it! This fresco was commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate his library and originally called Philosophy because the pope’s philosophy books were meant

The Renaissance time period was home to many new ideas in art. This includes new artists bringing forth ideas that had yet to be discovered and made popular. New themes and types of art were also being brought forward during this period.