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The School of Athens by Raphael - Test
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  • 1. Who painted The School of Athens?
A) Donatello
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Michelangelo
D) Raphael
  • 2. In which century was The School of Athens painted?
A) 14th century
B) 17th century
C) 15th century
D) 16th century
  • 3. Where is The School of Athens located?
A) Uffizi Gallery
B) British Museum
C) Louvre Museum
D) Vatican Palace
  • 4. Which room in the Vatican contains The School of Athens?
A) Stanza della Segnatura
B) Raphael Rooms
C) Sistine Chapel
D) Apostolic Palace
  • 5. The two central figures in the painting represent which philosophers?
A) Pythagoras and Euclid
B) Aristotle and Socrates
C) Socrates and Plato
D) Plato and Aristotle
  • 6. Which philosopher is depicted pointing upward?
A) Aristotle
B) Pythagoras
C) Socrates
D) Plato
  • 7. What does Plato's upward gesture symbolize?
A) Earthly matters
B) Mathematical principles
C) Empirical observation
D) World of Forms
  • 8. What does Aristotle's downward gesture represent?
A) Empirical observation
B) Divine inspiration
C) Spiritual realm
D) Mathematical abstraction
  • 9. Which Renaissance artist is thought to be the model for Plato?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Donatello
C) Michelangelo
D) Raphael himself
  • 10. Which Greek philosopher is shown lying on the steps?
A) Diogenes
B) Zeno
C) Socrates
D) Heraclitus
  • 11. Which Renaissance architect served as model for Euclid?
A) Alberti
B) Michelangelo
C) Bramante
D) Brunelleschi
  • 12. Which ancient astronomer holds a celestial globe?
A) Ptolemy
B) Galileo
C) Kepler
D) Copernicus
  • 13. What architectural style dominates the painting's background?
A) Gothic
B) Romanesque
C) Baroque
D) Renaissance
  • 14. What is the primary medium of The School of Athens?
A) Oil on canvas
B) Tempera
C) Fresco
D) Watercolor
  • 15. What is Raphael's full Italian name?
A) Raphael da Vinci
B) Raffaello Sanzio
C) Raphael Buonarroti
D) Raphael Bellini
  • 16. What year was the painting completed?
A) 1520
B) 1495
C) 1505
D) 1511
  • 17. Which pope commissioned the work?
A) Pope Alexander VI
B) Pope Julius II
C) Pope Leo X
D) Pope Clement VII
  • 18. What is the overall theme of the Stanza della Segnatura?
A) Human knowledge
B) Papal history
C) Biblical stories
D) Mythological tales
  • 19. Which figure is depicted isolated and writing alone?
A) Plato
B) Heraclitus
C) Socrates
D) Aristotle
  • 20. Which Renaissance artist is believed to be depicted as Heraclitus?
A) Michelangelo
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Titian
D) Donatello
  • 21. Which mathematician is shown drawing geometric diagrams?
A) Aristotle
B) Archimedes
C) Pythagoras
D) Euclid
  • 22. What does Plato hold in his hand?
A) Nicomachean Ethics
B) Timaeus
C) The Elements
D) The Republic
  • 23. What does Aristotle hold in his hand?
A) Politics
B) Metaphysics
C) Physics
D) Ethics
  • 24. What artistic technique creates the illusion of depth in the painting?
A) Impasto
B) Linear perspective
C) Sfumato
D) Chiaroscuro
  • 25. Which figure holds a tablet with harmonic ratios?
A) Plato
B) Euclid
C) Archimedes
D) Pythagoras
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