Renaissance painter, who is it?

werner1 · February 26th, 2010, 07:08 AM

I have in front of me a print, it shows a lot of people on the steps of a place of learning, some have slates in their hands, the artist makes use of perspective, old men, women and children all seem to be discussing "science". I think it must be a famous renaissance painting, but who?

John · February 26th, 2010, 10:20 AM

Pretty sure you mean Raphael's The School of Athens.

werner1 · February 26th, 2010, 12:51 PM

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Pretty sure you mean Raphael's The School of Athens.

thank you very much, dead on! I would like to use this in a presentation talking about the upcoming Apple iPad, wher i put the iPad into the picture instead of the slates, I am not an Apple fanboy but I think the iPad will revoluionize the way we consume media content i8n the future - interesting times, what do you think?

John · February 26th, 2010, 02:57 PM

I'm on the fence about the iPad. Tech companies have been inventing this basic product over and over for 15 or 20 years -- mainly because it's neat, and not in response to any real public demand for what it can do. It looks cool and maybe go-anywhere computing will change everything, but I'm personally more of a big-screen and big-keyboard guy who is anchored to his desktop.

werner1 · February 27th, 2010, 02:35 PM

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I'm on the fence about the iPad. Tech companies have been inventing this basic product over and over for 15 or 20 years -- mainly because it's neat, and not in response to any real public demand for what it can do. It looks cool and maybe go-anywhere computing will change everything, but I'm personally more of a big-screen and big-keyboard guy who is anchored to his desktop.

well I tend to agree with a certain Mr. Mc Guire article on Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hugh-m..._b_443579.html

I think it will finally bring people to use the net that had a love/hate realtionship with PCs so far, like my da, age 86

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February 26th, 2010, 10:20 AM	#2
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,012	Pretty sure you mean Raphael's The School of Athens.

February 26th, 2010, 02:57 PM	#4
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,012	I'm on the fence about the iPad. Tech companies have been inventing this basic product over and over for 15 or 20 years -- mainly because it's neat, and not in response to any real public demand for what it can do. It looks cool and maybe go-anywhere computing will change everything, but I'm personally more of a big-screen and big-keyboard guy who is anchored to his desktop.