The School of Athens

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High Renaissance artwork fresco painting

The School of Athens is a renowned High Renaissance fresco by Raphael that depicts an idealized gathering of ancient Greek philosophers and scholars in a grand architectural setting.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Scuola di Atene 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf High Renaissance artwork ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artist Raphael NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle Renaissance classicism ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Julius II NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate 1511 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Raphael NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts Aristotle ⓘ
Diogenes of Sinope ⓘ
surface form: Diogenes

Euclid ⓘ
Heraclitus ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy

Pythagoras ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Zoroaster ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophers ⓘ
idealized gathering of thinkers ⓘ
intellectual discourse ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
hasPart architectural background ⓘ
central group of Plato and Aristotle ⓘ
foreground groups of figures ⓘ
inception 1509 ⓘ
influencedBy ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locatedIn Vatican City ⓘ
location Apostolic Palace ⓘ
materialUsed pigments ⓘ
plaster ⓘ
medium fresco ⓘ
movement High Renaissance ⓘ
notableWorkOf Raphael NERFINISHED ⓘ
oppositeWork Disputation of the Holy Sacrament ⓘ
surface form: La Disputa
originalTitle The School of Athens self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Scuola di Atene
originalTitleLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf Stanza della Segnatura ⓘ
partOfSeries frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura ⓘ
period Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Italian Renaissance
setting grand architectural interior ⓘ
subject philosophy ⓘ
usesPerspective linear perspective ⓘ
one-point perspective ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raphael Rooms → containsWork → The School of Athens ⓘ
High Renaissance → hasNotableWork → The School of Athens ⓘ
Western canon of art → includesWork → The School of Athens ⓘ
Raphael → notableWork → The School of Athens ⓘ
Vatican Museums → notableWork → The School of Athens ⓘ
The School of Athens → originalTitle → The School of Athens self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scuola di Atene