It was painted between 1509 and 1511 as part of a commission by Pope Julius II to decorate the rooms now called the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The fresco depicts a congregation of ancient philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists, with Plato and Aristotle featured in the center.

2021年12月3日 · But after Plato, he does use the word mimêtikê (that is, literally, the art of producing a mimesis), and since he considers mimesis to be the most general term (or the genus) of all instances (or species) that we consider “art”, like painting, sculpture, music, poetry, or dance, such a word would probably have been well suited to such an ...

In The School of Athens, the fresco by Raphael on the home page of this web site, Plato and Aristotle stand side by side. Plato points to the heavens, to the ideal world of the Forms. Aristotle is shown with his hand open toward the earth. The painting shows how passionate Renaissance intellectuals were about the views and achievements of the ...

2020年12月9日 · Raphael depicts Plato’s student, Aristotle, walking alongside Plato. Aristotle is believed to be depicted after the sculptor Giulliano del Sagallo as a younger man with more elegant, ornate clothing. He looks at Plato as he holds his right hand forward with his palm facing the ground and his book, Nicomachean Ethics, foreshortened against his ...

The sculpture of Classical Greece developed an aesthetic that combined idealistic values with a faithful representation of nature, while avoiding overly realistic characterization and the portrayal of emotional extremes, generally maintaining a formal atmosphere of balance and harmony.

2008年6月27日 · The very temptation in Plato to link the beautiful with the good and to assess it intellectually is part of why Porter calls him and Aristotle “formalists,” who diverted ancient theorizing about art from its sensualist origins (Porter 2010).

In sculpture, we first see the stiff formalism of the archaic kouroi sculptures and then pass to the increasingly lifelike sculptures produced by Myron, Phidias and Praxiteles in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. It should also be noted that these sculptures were originally painted in order to make them more lifelike.

Plato didn't take the "art by divine inspiration" theory very seriously. But many ancient, medieval, and modern artists and aestheticians have found it irresistible. After all, aren't artists often inspired?

In clearing away debris to build the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, excavators discovered a 2300-year-old marble bust sculpture of famous Greek philosopher Aristotle.

2023年9月4日 · Greek philosophy in art often encapsulates the essential differences between Plato and Aristotle, as eloquently represented in Raphael’s iconic fresco, “The School of Athens.” Within this masterpiece, Plato is depicted pointing upwards, symbolizing his belief in abstract ideals and the immutable world of forms that exist beyond the ...