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1st Art Gallery offers the option to receive your painting ready to hang or rolled in a tube.
Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
Unframed rolled canvas orders will arrive rolled inside a protective tube with an extra 1.5" white canvas on all sides so you can easily frame it locally.
Raphael’s magnificent fresco The School of Athens from the interior of the Stanza della Segnatura was finished in 1511 to immense critical and popular acclaim. This towering vision of the Italian Renaissance was commissioned by Pope Julius II for his own private library in the Vatican. Depicting most of renowned philosophers of the ancient world gathered together in discussion and debate, Raphael unites the classical world with his own through architecture, spatial balance, and form. One third of the trinity of great Masters of his day that included Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael died at the tender age of 37 yet left behind a staggering body of work. His style was personified by a free-flowing, almost organic approach to form, which rose to a remarkable level of influence even during his lifetime.
Recognized as one of the greatest works of the Western canon, The School of Athens has endured throughout the centuries and continues to inspire debate. In this imagined reproduction of the pursuit of philosophy, Raphael captured the essence of Ancient Greek thought and revealed much about the ideas of the high Renaissance. Even in the twentieth century is would be surprisingly progressive for the pagan philosophers to adorn the ceilings of a Pope’s personal study. The primary figures, Plato and Aristotle, are in the centre of the image, engaging the others in a dialogue over the quest of truth reached through reason.
In acknowledgement of the work of his peers, Raphael allows the physical likenesses of his fellow painters to inhabit those of leading philosophers. Bramante is shown as Euclid, Leonard Da Vinci appears as Plato, Francesco Maria Della Rovere appears near Bramante, and Michelangelo is represented as Heraclitus. These gestures of homage are staggering acts of humility in such a monumental work. The finished fresco was immediately viewed as the embodiment of the Renaissance and the heir to the classical spirit. Thus, the young Raphael orchestrated a remarkable interior world that within its exchanges between minds contains a worldview.
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Important Notes About Your Painting:
If you have any request to alter your reproduction of The School of Athens (from the Stanza della Segnatura) 1510-11, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of The School of Athens (from the Stanza della Segnatura) 1510-11 that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is.
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Free shipping is included in the price of the painting. Once the painting is ready and dry enough to ship, we will roll it and ship it in a sturdy cardboard tube.
We always ship express via courier to ensure your order reaches you as soon as possible - normally within three business days. The total delivery time from the moment you place your order until the package is delivered to your door is normally between three to four weeks.
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Depending on the degree of damage to the warranted painting, it will either be repaired or replaced. This warranty service is provided free of charge.
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