Sunday, December 13, 2009

the school of athens

The School of Athens, which is also known as Scuola di Atene in Italian, is one of the most famous painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1510 and 1511 as a decoration to the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello and it was a commission made between Raphael and Pope Julius II. If I were to describe myself as one of the Renaissance figures in the painting. I would describe me as Aristotle. He was the first one to create the system of logic and science. I think I am a person who uses logic and science when I am doing something. He also developed a universal method that it would be possible to learn anything there is to know about reality. I have always agreed with that fact because in reality, there are always countless reasons behind it but myths have a limited amount of knowledge in them which are not even real. According to what I have learnt about this person, he has always used logical reasoning and scientific proves since they are the most accurate ways. He thought reality was what mattered instead of wild imaginations and myths. I would describe myself as that.