# Recommendations for paintings to go with,, "School of Athens,,"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** arts-crafts\ **Created:** [April 29, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642 "2026-04-29T13:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/1 "2026-04-29T13:28:58Z")
Looking for some canvas prints to go along with my school athen’s. Something secular preferably. Thanks for any suggestions guys. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/2 "2026-04-29T13:34:16Z")
[![](https://i.etsystatic.com/54118151/r/il/9aac77/6338073544/il_1588xN.6338073544_97f8.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/54118151/r/il/9aac77/6338073544/il_1588xN.6338073544_97f8.jpg) For reference ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/3 "2026-04-29T13:46:41Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Looking for some canvas prints to go along with my school athen’s. What does this sentence mean? “Athen’s” what? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/4 "2026-04-29T13:47:56Z")
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Johann_Peter_Hasenclever_-_M%C3%BCnchener_Gartenfest_-_G_4223_-_Lenbachhaus.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Johann_Peter_Hasenclever_-_M%C3%BCnchener_Gartenfest_-_G_4223_-_Lenbachhaus.jpg) Münchener Gartenfest ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/5 "2026-04-29T13:59:42Z")
Pardon my grammar. “School of Athens”. Thank you @Dung_Beetle ! ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/6 "2026-04-29T18:10:48Z")
They don’t seem to be do much studying or research, do they? Just sort of posing and lying around. Of course, good computer scientists and physicists spend a lot of time apparently gazing into space… while they are actually thinking. Not easy to capture visually… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/7 "2026-04-29T18:16:06Z")
“The Debate of Socrates and Aspasia,” by Nicolas-André Monsiau: [![](https://antigonejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AspNM.png) ](https://antigonejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AspNM.png) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/8 "2026-04-29T18:24:19Z")
Busy print. I think I might not put other paintings around it. How about some decorative sconces or plaques. Keep it simple. And to scale. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/9 "2026-04-29T18:30:28Z")
Who is the figure in the helmet supposed to be? Seems a bit irrelevent in a philosophical debate? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/10 "2026-04-29T18:34:24Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > Who is the figure in the helmet supposed to be? I’ve found another title for that painting: “Aspasia Conversing with Socrates and Alcibiades.” [Alcibiades](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcibiades) was an Athenian general and statesman, and was a student of Socrates’. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/11 "2026-04-29T18:57:53Z")
One obvious possibility would be Raphael’s _Parnassus_, which he painted on the adjacent wall of the Stanza della Segnatura. [The Parnassus - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parnassus) Or one of the many works inspired by them, such as Delaroche’s Hémicycle in the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. [File:Paul Delaroche - Hémicycle.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Delaroche_-_H%C3%A9micycle.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642/12 "2026-04-29T19:03:27Z")
[Les Oréades - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Or%C3%A9ades#/media/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_-_Les_Or%C3%A9ades.jpg) - NOTE: this painting is NSFW. In counterpoint to the intellect celebrated in "School of Athens, " this one wallows in more sensual aspects of existence providing necessary balance to consideration of the human condition.