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Where, specifically, can Raphael's "The School of Athens" be found?

Question #151536. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Aug 04 2024.
Originally posted Aug 04 2024 8:22 PM.

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Raphael's masterpiece was commissioned and painted in Pope Julius II's apartment (Stanza della Segnatura) in the Papal Palace of Vatican City.
The four main walls in the Stanza della Segnatura are occupied by the frescoes Disputa and the School of Athens on the larger walls and the Parnassus and Cardinal Virtues on the smaller walls. The two most important of these frescoes are the Disputa and the School of Athens. The Disputa, showing a celestial vision of God and his prophets and apostles above a gathering of representatives, past and present, of the Roman Catholic Church, equates through its iconography the triumph of the church and the triumph of truth. The School of Athens is a complex allegory of secular knowledge, or philosophy, showing Plato and Aristotle surrounded by philosophers, past and present, in a splendid architectural setting; it illustrates the historical continuity of Platonic thought. The School of Athens is perhaps the most famous of all Raphael’s frescoes, and one of the culminating artworks of the High Renaissance.

link https://www.britannica.com/topic/School-of-Athens

Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Aug 04 2024.
Aug 04 2024, 8:24 PM
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