The Value Of Life Within Raphael's School Of Athens

The Renaissance era brought forth creativity, blossoming ideas and brand new ideals. Those ideals are the values that are treasured during the Renaissance. With the artwork of many but especially in the works of Rachel, many of the Renaissance values were placed on full display in this flourishing time period. Several of those values duplicated in Raphael’s School of Athens include secularism, classicism, and humanism. Each value vary but all relate to the making of the Renaissance as it shifted from the Middle Ages.
Secularism is the separation of religion aspect from daily life activities. In the School of Athens, secularism is quite prevalent and religion is not made huge emphasis in this fresco or in much of the Renaissance art. For one, education is placed on a large pedestal, to show that there is more to life than submitting to the Church. The scholars focused on in the fresco, are studying philosophy- the study of basic knowledge and life. Strategically Raphael places Plato and Aristotle, both philosophers, in the center of the painting; both with different views of studies to show that both educations and celestial beliefs are equal but should be kept in two different sides of
In Raphael’s fresco, one can quite obviously see that these men are Greek philosophers, by evidence of knowing who all of them are including: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Also, an onlooker would see that this painting is inspired by Greek art, as Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom is made present in the photo. Most obviously, Raphael named his masterpiece, the School of Athens, and Athens is located in Greece, meaning that his work was heavily influenced by his study of Greek classics. Additionally, within the artwork, there are several pillars shown throughout the background of the School of Athens, that strongly resemble those of Greek architecture, further proving the value of classicism in Raphael’s