About Raphael and the School of Athens?
Raphael was only 27 when he painted the magnificent fresco,School of Athens, in which great scholars of different ages are shown in a timeless academy. The figure of Plato at the center holds Timaeus, his writings about the origin of the world, while pointing his finger to the heavens. Aristotle holds a copy of Ethics, his moral teachings, while he gestures toward the earth in a sweeping horizontal movement.
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