(Prompt) In the painting "School of Athens", why do you think Raphael chose to paint himself standing among the Greek
philosophers, and to paint some of the Greek philosophers to resemble his contemporaries Bramante and Leonardo da
Vinci?

the above mentioned statements talks about the creativity of an artist and to what extend they can utilize and experiment on the objects provided.   differing size and subjects are given so that an image of wisdom is created. displaying a transition from light to dark in something by darkening sections in order to create a shadow. and lastly, putting bits and pieces together to formulate a new image.