Using Art to Understand Values: Raphael’s School of Athens

Oct 30, 2007 · shows a gathering of leading ancient Greek philosophers. Plato and Aristotle appear in the center with a blue sky in the background. Diogenes the Cynic is the old man lying on the steps. Art historians believe that Michelangelo is portrayed in the foreground as the philosopher Heraclitus, the man writing on a stone block. ................
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