Raphael's "School Of Athens" Biography: Term Paper

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Working from largest to smallest, we can see that the pattern is ultimately infinite since it ends with the focal point discussed in the previous paragraph. This seems to reflect the philosophy that the more focused a philosophy comes, and the finite the topics, the closer it gets to circling back again into the infinite. The integration of a dialectic of ideas is achieved through an intricate working of visual lines. The strong diagonals of the heads of the two statues and the heads of the two major figures creates a relationship...

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The right side of the painting. On the left side all of the major philosophers whose ideas are more poetically inspired producing abstract thinkers are gathered. On the right are those who embrace the physical sciences and rely in empirical thought. Not a single individual crosses this imaginary center divide, though the two major figures in the center dwell very close to that line.
Raphael's use of light

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