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00:00La Escuela de Athén, una de las más celebradas obras de renaissance art,

00:26fue creado por Rafael cuando estaba en su mid-20s,

00:30y, remarkably, fue una de las primeras largescale frescoes que he ever even attempted.

00:38Invited to Rome in 1508 as a relatively unknown painter

00:43to work alongside a number of other artists

00:46to decorate Pope Julius II's newly created papal apartments,

00:50he quickly managed to outshine them all,

00:53single-handedly winning the commission to paint all four of Julius's new rooms,

00:58firmly establishing himself as one of the two most creative forces in Rome,

01:03together with Michelangelo, eight years his senior,

01:07then hard at work on painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel,

01:11just around the corner.

01:14And just like the Sistine Chapel ceiling,

01:19today, over 500 years later,

01:22the School of Athens stands as one of the most iconic monuments

01:26to the magnificence of the High Renaissance.

01:29A seemingly superhuman feat of elaborately constructed beauty and harmony,

01:35whose rich symbolism and elegantly subtle levels of meaning

01:39continue to captivate anyone willing to spend a few moments uncovering and appreciating them.

01:45Which is exactly what we'll do now.