https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/7991c4b760b454675b1470b6efb206f4.jpeg 12272b39df1ad818109e63df74da3dbb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fotoreproductie van het fresco De school van Athene door Rafaël; The School of Athens Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1530 - 1582 Description An account of the resource “The School of Athens” is considered by many as one of Raphael’s greatest artistic creations. Raphael was drawing on the rebirth of the analytical questioning of the classics and the works of the “ancient” peoples. In this image, Raphael paints some of the most significant people who contributed to Western thinking including, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and many others. Raphael paints Plato and Aristotle close together to signify their different camps of philosophy and to show their divergence in their philosophical beliefs. This painting was created around the time of many political changes such as the shift away from the church and more towards individual rulers. This would have caused many people to look towards the past and would have inspired many of them to write about it. This reexamining of the past would play an important role inspiring political commentators, such as Machiavelli, who argued against ideas presented by Aristotle about the role of ethics in politics (Harrison). It was necessary for a reemergence of “ancient ideas” in to take place to create a catalyst that would initiate an era of new thoughts. “ School of Athens’ was not an isolated painting that conveyed a political messages. Giotto di Bondone, arguably the individual who first developed renaissance techniques of art. This artwork would be used for political means to portray a sense of power from the Vatican and other Italian city states. The statue of David was “commissioned by the Florentine city council as a symbol of the city”, which portrays the significance of art as a political message (Weisner Hanks 154). Art represented a states wealth and security, which was why it was so heavily encouraged by the Italian city-states. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Urbino, Raffaello. The School of Athens. 1530-1582. Rijksmuseum, Netherlands. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain