Images of contemporaries such as Bramante and Michelangelo are used to represent classical figures such as Euclid and Heraclitus.
Marble statues of Apollo holding a lyre and Minerva holding a staff flank the left and right sides of this work, which is set under a high Romanesque dome. The artist put himself on the far right wearing a black hat, to place the fine arts on an equal plane with liberal arts. Images of contemporaries such as Bramante and Michelangelo are used to represent classical figures such as Euclid and Heraclitus. For 10 points, name this picture of a large gathering that also includes Plato and Aristotle, painted by Raphael.
Marble statues of Apollo holding a lyre and Minerva holding a staff flank the left and right sides of this work, which is set under a high Romanesque dome.
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