From 1509 to 1512, Rafael Sanzio created The School of Athens, a fresco that famously reflects the humanistic interpretations of the Italian Renaissance. This magnificent work is located in the Stanza della Segnatara in the Vatican at Rome, the city Rafael died in April of 1526. At a young age Rafael traveled to Florence, where the Renaissance began, he was influenced by Leonardo da Vinci, Plato, and Aristotle, as well as Socrates, Plutarch and many other great writers, …
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…well using many different, effective subjects and techniques. Bibliography Works Cited Beck, James. Raphael The Stanza della Segnatura. New York: George Braziller, Inc., c. 1993. Camesasca. All The Frescos of Raphael Part 1. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., c. 1963. Kingdon, Robert. Transition and Revolution. Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, c. 1974. Orth Bell, D. "New Identifications in Raphael's `School of Athens`." The Art Bulletin: vol LXXVII December 1995 p638-646. Chemeketa Community College. Searchbank. www.searchbank.com/searchbank/oregon_chemeketa