"The School of Athens" is completed by Raphael

Category
Arts
Place
Italy
Date
1510
Reference
"The School of Athens" is completed by Raphael
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
Pope Julius II chose the theme of wisdom. Raphael depicts The School of Athens (pagan philosophers of Greece and Neo-Platonists). [Furtado: 1001 Days] Pope Julius II (1503--1513) also convened the Council of the Lateran (1512), took control of the Papal States for the first time, commissioned the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and proposed rebuilding St. Peter's Basilica. [Wikipedia]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Modern Popes
1417
2020
Papal
Arts
-3800
2020
Transcultural