Art 1B: Blog # 4

School of Athens


The "School of Athens" was painted by Raphael in 1511. In this painting it portrays other artist and philosophers of his time during the time period. He painted fellow colleagues such as Plato and Aristotle, who are in the center, and other artist, mathematicians, naturalist, and astronomers, surrounding them discussing theories. In relation to my life the "School Of Athens" reminds me of the Panoramic pictures that i took in high school and middle school, where our whole class would line up to take a photo. and like in the picture where there are separate groups talking and looking in other directions, it reminds me of how groups of Friends would coordinate there outfits for the picture, and in the final photo there are always people who are talking, and not ready for the photo to have been taken. So that's what i see the "School of Athens" as, a class photo where the photographed weren't ready for the picture to be taken.