If I were part of Rafael's 'School of Athens,' I would be Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia was the first woman known to have made a significant difference to the development of philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. Hypatia went against the rules of the Church when science and mathematics were considered heresy. I found this very interesting because it seems that before the Renaissance, nobody really questioned the Church's theories or decided not to follow the rules, but to do what they thought was right instead. Before the Renaissance, it seems that, especially surrounded by the laws of strict Catholics, everybody did what they were told. In this painting I would want to be Hypatia because she liked to learn new things, which is why her and her father tried to keep people interested in the study of mathematics and philosophy. I love to learn new things and I think astonomy is just so amazing because there are so many new things out there just waiting to be discovered and I think she knew that. I think that she wanted to discover and learn, because that's what she did.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Hypatia of Alexandria
If I were part of Rafael's 'School of Athens,' I would be Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia was the first woman known to have made a significant difference to the development of philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. Hypatia went against the rules of the Church when science and mathematics were considered heresy. I found this very interesting because it seems that before the Renaissance, nobody really questioned the Church's theories or decided not to follow the rules, but to do what they thought was right instead. Before the Renaissance, it seems that, especially surrounded by the laws of strict Catholics, everybody did what they were told. In this painting I would want to be Hypatia because she liked to learn new things, which is why her and her father tried to keep people interested in the study of mathematics and philosophy. I love to learn new things and I think astonomy is just so amazing because there are so many new things out there just waiting to be discovered and I think she knew that. I think that she wanted to discover and learn, because that's what she did.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
The School of Athens
Rafael:The Schoolof Athens
'The School of Athens' was painted between 1510 and 1511 on fresco. It was painted by a man named Rafael. The painting portrays the life of people in Italy during the Renaissance. Because the Renaissance was a time of change, the people in the painting are reading, writing, teaching, and learning things that were just being discovered at the time. Although at first glance it may look as if the people are just sitting around, when you look closer you can see all of the liveliness that fills the painting and the curiosity of some of the people, thriving to learn more about the world that surrounds them and much more. This painting says a lot about the Renaissance, from the style of architecture, to the lines of perspective, so many new things were happening all over Europe. All of the people in this painting help to show how the Renaissance was a time of change.
'The School of Athens' was painted between 1510 and 1511 on fresco. It was painted by a man named Rafael. The painting portrays the life of people in Italy during the Renaissance. Because the Renaissance was a time of change, the people in the painting are reading, writing, teaching, and learning things that were just being discovered at the time. Although at first glance it may look as if the people are just sitting around, when you look closer you can see all of the liveliness that fills the painting and the curiosity of some of the people, thriving to learn more about the world that surrounds them and much more. This painting says a lot about the Renaissance, from the style of architecture, to the lines of perspective, so many new things were happening all over Europe. All of the people in this painting help to show how the Renaissance was a time of change.
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