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Raphael and "The School of Athens"

Andrew Graham Dixon discusses Pope Julius II's desire for the 27 yr old Raphael to decorate his private library in the Vatican. His final piece features the School of Athens, an optimistic portrait featuring all the wisest men known including Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and others

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