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The School of Athens, Official Page (Vatican Museums)

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The Vatican Museums' own official page for "The School of Athens" in the Room of the Segnatura, naming Plato pointing upward holding his Timaeus, Aristotle beside him with his Ethics, Pythagoras explaining the diatesseron in the foreground, Euclid teaching geometry to his pupils, Ptolemy holding the earthly sphere, Zoroaster holding the heavenly sphere, Diogenes lying on the stairs, and a figure believed to be Michelangelo as Heraclitus, confirming the fresco's Bramante-inspired architectural setting and Raphael's own self-portrait among the group.

Facts
Citation
Publisher
Vatican Museums
URL
https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/stanze-di-raffaello/stanza-della-segnatura/scuola-di-atene.html
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Tier one: the holding institution's own official page for a work in its permanent collection, giving its own figure-by-figure identification directly rather than through any intermediary.
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This source names Aristotle directly: "pointing upward holding his Timaeus, Aristotle beside him with his Ethics, Pythagoras explaining the diatesseron in the foreground, Euclid teaching geometry to his pupils, Ptolemy holding the..."

Source The School of Athens, Official Page (Vatican Museums)
Athens, Cities

This source names Athens directly: "own official page for "The School of Athens" in the Room of the Segnatura, naming Plato pointing upward holding his Timaeus, Aristotle beside him with his Ethics, Pythagoras explaining the..."

Source The School of Athens, Official Page (Vatican Museums)

This source names Diogenes directly: "Zoroaster holding the heavenly sphere, Diogenes lying on the stairs, and a figure believed to be Michelangelo as Heraclitus, confirming the fresco's Bramante-inspired architectural setting and..."

Source The School of Athens, Official Page (Vatican Museums)

This source names Euclid directly: "the diatesseron in the foreground, Euclid teaching geometry to his pupils, Ptolemy holding the earthly sphere, Zoroaster holding the heavenly sphere, Diogenes lying on the stairs, and a figure..."

Source The School of Athens, Official Page (Vatican Museums)

This source names Heraclitus directly: "figure believed to be Michelangelo as Heraclitus, confirming the fresco's Bramante-inspired architectural setting and Raphael's own self-portrait among the group."

Source The School of Athens, Official Page (Vatican Museums)

This source names Vatican Museums directly: "The Vatican Museums' own official page for "The School of Athens" in the Room of the Segnatura, naming Plato pointing upward holding his Timaeus, Aristotle beside him with his Ethics, Pythagoras..."

Source The School of Athens, Official Page (Vatican Museums)
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)

This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 12 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 6 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 6 holds.
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