Wednesday, November 25, 2009

School of Athens by Raphael


During the Renaissance, paintings and artists were becoming very well known and important during that era. One of the most important paintings is The School of Athens. This magnificent piece of art shows varies of different aspects during the renaissance. Revealing underline messages that would help people see what developed during the Renaissance. The architecture that is in the painting follows the same path as the Greek and the Romans. This shows that Renaissance was a time of change. Every person, statue, architecture, book, etc in the painting has an important role to show what was happening during the renaissance. The groups of people studying different things (Science, Math, Philosophy) shows that Renaissance was a time of discovery and knowledge. These are some of the examples but there are plenty more that reveals more about during the Renaissance.

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