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A closer encounter
Learn to look
Explore masterpieces through the choices their makers made: space, light and the human body.
Raphael · 1509–1511
Perspective and reason
In the School of Athens, architecture turns philosophy into a visible assembly. Converging lines lead to Plato and Aristotle while separate groups enact distinct modes of thought.
Curator’s observation
Follow the pavement and the coffered vault: geometry provides both a believable room and a hierarchy of attention.
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