School of Athens by Raphael Analization

The School Of capital of Greece by Raphael Nii Teiko Tagoe 9/11/12 LBTS 1105 The School of capital of Greece by Raphael is a painting that really relates to classical philosophy and humanism. It is one of the superior paintings in the high Renaissance, and it was painted in one of the greatest well-nigh extraordinarily decorated rooms in the Vatican, the name of the room was the Stanza della Segnatura. The trail of Athens was painted by Raphael between 1508 and 1511, and it was right around the condemnation Michelangelo was painting the 16th chapel.One of the things that makes this painting so special is that The School of Athens represents all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathitherd together sh be-out their ideas and learning from each other. These figures all lived at different times, precisely here they are gathered together under one roof. The painting consists of generic and geometric shapes there is a good balance of bo th in the painting.One of the first things that stand out to me is all the decoration that is surrounding the fresco in the painting and also the monochromatic sculptures at the base that are supporting the fresco. When you look close to the painting you can see that it was make in a one head teacher perspective, the vanishing point and the horizon fund run right through the center of the picture and sort of bar behind the cardinal central figures heads, and those two are Plato and Aristotle. The vanishing point intimately divides the painting into two as its right in the middle of those two figures.The only place that I see a two point perspective being dropd in this painting is the block of perdition on the floor that Michelangelo is leaning on. I also see some(a)what illusionism giving a sense of space going on as pertaining to the use of one point perspective, through the floors and the coffers and the celling. The use of simulated and positive texture and repeat in th ese areas also help create some of these illusions. There are different elements used, such as line, texture and repetition that helps strengthen Raphaels painting.Overall Raphaels use of warm colorises in most areas of the painting could be looked at symbolically, such as the use of red demonstrating wisdom and power as it is used on the important figures in the painting. The colors in general are light but not too bight to keep a sense of earnestness in the painting. The warm light is focused more on the race in the back, and shadow is slightly casted upon the figures towards the front. Raphael used chiaroscuro to show underlying frame structure in each of the figures and to also show and create sagacity and shape in the painting. he painting all overall has a look at of analogous color contrivances going on, with the characters, and the same analogous color scheme going on with the walls, the windows the floors and the back ground in general. But the color scheme in the c haracters pertaining to the background is complimentary when it comes to certain figures. Overall this is a wonderful piece of art and Raphael did a great job over all of depicting each individual character and brings life into them in the painting.