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"THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS is the undisputed masterpiece of rational Renaissance perspective. The cornerstone of the decoration on the apartments of Pope Julius II in the northern wing of the Vatican Palace, it is the most mature work by Raphael, the painter whom Vasari described as a "mortal god." The fresco has survived intact for over four centuries, due to the superb quality of the plaster and the colours, and represents the temple of Greek philosophy. At the dawn of the Cinquecento, when humanistic creativity was at its height, Raphael portrayed man's return to the centre of the universe.”
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