tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post3813725299138812715..comments2024-03-27T21:12:56.352+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: Art and Spirituality: eight paintingsPatrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-69274129829573579242010-01-13T16:20:37.958+00:002010-01-13T16:20:37.958+00:00Re- Causarum Cognitio (aka The School of Athens) ...Re- Causarum Cognitio (aka The School of Athens) Wow! Dan Brown would be immensely proud with the way you have tortured some soul penetrating conundrum out of what is the emblem of secular artwork from the High Renaissance. Yes, Raphael was painting for the Pope, specifically the Pope's Library in this case. This fact is often glossed over by folks too busy grumbling about Plato's finger. The Pope was happy to have these Pagans inhabit his book room simply because it supplemented his own perception of important contributors to knowledge, as was commonly held by scholars at the time (thus the title Causarum Cognitio) He was far from musing on how to co-opt any of those wonderful ideas into his day jobAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091875643921165081noreply@blogger.com