Raphael's School of Athens

I mentioned today in class a great painting:  The School of Athens, by Raphael.  This is actually a fresco, which is a Roman method of painting directly on a wall while the plaster is still wet.  One of the great painting masters, Raphael, painted in the Pope's apartments in Vatican City.  The area in which the fresco is is now part of the Raphael rooms in the Vatican museum.

www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~xuemingq/articleCollection/school.jpg

Here's some links to information about the fresco, including a list of who's who:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens

https://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/SchoolAthens.htm

https://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/x-Schede/SDRs/SDRs_03_02_020.html