Raphael
Ancient Greece
The Greek Philosophers ‘Hiding’ in Raphael’s School of Athens
Several of the most influential Greek philosophers and thinkers are portrayed in Raphael's masterpiece the School of Athens which adorns the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
Painted between 1509 and 1511, it depicts a congregation of philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists...
Art
Raphael’s “School of Athens” Watches Over French Legislators Once Again
A tapestry depicting Raphael's masterpiece "the School of Athens" is once again adorning Plenary Hall in the French Assembly.
Greece
Half of Greece Covered in Snow; Conditions to Worsen Monday
About 51 percent of Greece is currently blanketed in snow -- varying from a light dusting of snow to debilitating snowfall -- thanks to the two successive weather fronts, “Rafail” and “Sophia”.
Satellite data detailed above from the National Observatory of...