Week 4 Responses

Weekly Response4

The image presented is Raphael’s “School of Athene” in Renaissance. The painting itself celebrates humanities origin: the ancient philosophers who very first tried to achieve the universal truth with human ration; The architectural ideals of Renaissance period is considered as a rebirth to this humanities, and the approaches of mathematical calculation and geometrical operation to reflect the rhythm of universe onto the architectural structure. Thus, the architecture appeared in Renaissance are distinguished with their proportion, balance, and harmony. This is also shown with Raphael’s application of one-point perspective, which use detailed calculation to arrange the building in the painting.

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