1. thomas hobbes
Raphael's Philosophy, or better known as School of Athens, 1509-1511 was one of the many great paintings that re-established the harmony of classical antiquity from the Greek and Roman predecessors of art during the glorious Renaissance era. It was a time of revival, renewal, and expression in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Here, we will explore the visual elements and principles of design that hold School of Athens in a harmonious balance.
The School of Athens shows a setting inside a building with large domical vaults with a large group of men occupying the middle ground and foreground beneath the sharp lines of a large semi-circle arch, in which the viewer's eyes follow rhythmically back and forth. Implied lines in the lower half of the painting set the suggested geometric shape of a rectangle that houses the group of men standing on top and below the stairs of the building in an almost perfect quadrant. The lines formed by edges from the men's heads indicate an implied line that the viewer's eyes follow horizontally across the painting and parallels the hidden horizon in the background. Shadows fall mostly from beneath the suggested masses in the painting, which indicates that light is coming from the top, moreover, the light source is coming from the windows in the domes and open arched door above and behind the stairs. Aside from the monochromatic colors of the building in the background, School of Athens is painted with an open palette, granting use of more colors to emphasize contrast and differentiation from each man in the room. This emphasis contributes to the spatial representation of the painting to suggest a three dimensional occupancy. Raphael has used the background, middle ground, and foreground to exemplify the amazing principles of linear design. In this demonstration of one-point linear perspective, the space and forms of the building appear to diminish in size as it recedes from the viewer.
But all these styles are based on the Tao, a branch of philosphy founded by Lao Zi which asked people to obey the rule by the universe and treat ourselves as a part of the nature. ... So there're some Confucian standards used in philosphy too. ...
Aristotle Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece, and one of the greatest minds in human history. Although many of his works were disproved with modern technology, the gaps he made with his limited knowledge of the world at that time shows truly how smart ...
Wiggins 1 Summary A lonely man tries to ease his sorrow by reading books of the "forgotten sorrow-. However, he got interrupted by a tapping at his door. He goes to open up the door, but to his avail, there is nothing there. Into the darkness he whispers for his lost love, but all he heard back...
John Locke was born on August 29, 1632, into a middle class family during late Renaissance England. Locke started his studies at Christ Church in Oxford. He then went into medical studies and received a medical license, which he practiced under Anthony Cooper. They became friends, and when Cooper be...
The apartheid system was a social and political policy of racial segregation and discrimination which was enforced by the white Afrikaner government in South Africa. The apartheid system was enforced by a series of repressive laws and regulations which prohibited social contact between races, enforc...
As we can see, thus, there is a clear allegory throughout the whole text identifying science with observation of nature: the both of them are closely related and nature is definitely the main source to acquire knowledge, as if it was "philosphied" science. ...
Truman idea of an ideal world was different from that of Adam & Eve because of the simple fact that Truman thought that reality , our reality , was real rather than believing the philosphy of Adam & Eve which was the perfect world was a world of harmony . ...