Pinacotheca Philosophica

Philosophy and Philosophers in Art

 

Paracelsus (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541)

·        Unidentified Artist (17th century). Paracelsus (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

Parmenides (born c. 515 B.C.)

·        Raphael. The School of Athens (1510-1511, Rome, Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura)

o   Parmenides (born c. 515 B.C., sometimes identified as Aristoxenus or Xenocrates)

o   Parmenides (detail)

o   Parmenides (detail, enlarged)

Pascal Blaise (1623-1662)

·        Pajou. Blaise Pascal (1785, Paris, Musée du Louvre)

·        Persons related to Blaise Pascal:

o   Board. Pascal’s Experiment in the Puy de Dôme to Test the Relation between Atmospheric Pressure and Altitude (London, Wellcome Library)

The experiment was performed at Blaise Pascal’s request by Florin Périer, his brother-in-law, in September 1648. Pascal himself was not present.

Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus, 34-62 A. D.)

·        German Artist (19th century). Persius: Illustration from Galerie der alten Griechen und Römer (1801, Augsburg)

Peter Lombard (c. 1100 – c. 1160)

·        Giovanni di Paolo. The First Circle of the Twelve Teachers of Wisdom Led by Thomas Aquinas: Illustration of Dante’s Paradiso, Canto X (btw. 1442-1450, London, The British Library)

o   Peter Lombard (c. 1100 – c. 1160)

Petrarca Francesco – see: Petrarch

Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374)

·        Andrea del Castagno. Petrarch (c. 1450, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi)

·        Raphael. Study for the Head of a Poet (identified as Petrarch) (c. 1511, Florence, Museo Horne)

·        Raphael. The Parnassus (1509-1510, Rome, Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura)

o   Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374)

·        French Miniaturist (15th century). Boccaccio’s Vision of Petrarch: Illustration from Vol. 2 of Boccaccio’s De Casibus Virorum Illustrium (On the Fates of Famous Men) (1467, Glasgow, Glasgow University LIbrary)

o   Boccaccio’s Vision of Petrarch (detail))

o   Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374)

·        Unidentified Artist (17th century). Francesco Petrarca (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

Philo of Alexandria (Philo Judaeus, 15/10 B.C. – 45/50 A.D.)

·        German Artist (19th century). Philo of Alexandria: Illustration from Galerie der alten Griechen und Römer (1801, Augsburg)

Pico della Mirandola Giovanni (1463-1494)

·        Delaroche. The Childhood of Pico della Mirandola (1842, Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts)

·        Unidentified Artist (17th century). Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

Pittacus of Mytilene (c. 650 – c. 570 B.C.)

·        Perugino. Prudence and Justice with Six Antique Wisemen (1497, Perugia, Collegio del Cambio)

o   Pittacus the Greek (Pittacus of Mytilene, c. 650 – c. 570 B.C.)

o   Justice with Furius Camillus, Pittacus and Trajan (detail)

·        German Artist (19th century). Pittacus of Mytilene: Illustration from Galerie der alten Griechen und Römer (1801, Augsburg)

Platina (Bartolomeo de Sacchi, 1421-1481)

·        Melozzo da Forli. The Investiture of Platina as Librarian to the Pope (1477, Rome, Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)

o   Platina (Bartolomeo de Sacchi, 1421-1481)

·        Unidentified Artist (17th century). Platina (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

Plato (428/27-348/47 B.C.)

Plato’s images are listed on a separate page.

Plotinus (c. 205-270)

·        Raphael. The School of Athens (1510-1511, Rome, Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura)

o   Plotinus (c. 205-270)

o   Plotinus (detail, enlarged)

Poggio Bracciolini Gian Francesco (1380-1459)

·        Unidentified Artist (17th century). Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

Politian (Angelo Poliziano, Angelo Ambrogini, 1454-1494)

·        Ghirlandajo Domenico. Angel Appearing to Zacharias (1486-1490, Florence, Santa Maria Novella, Cappella Tornabuoni)

o   Members of the Platonic Academy

o   Members of the Platonic Academy (enlarged)

§  Politian (Angelo Poliziano, also called Angelo Ambrogini, 1454-1494)

·        Ghirlandajo Domenico. Obsequies of St Francis (Scene 4 from Fresco Cycle of St. Francis, 1482-1485, Florence, Santa Trinitа, the Sassetti Chapel, Right-hand Wall)

o   Politian (Angelo Poliziano, also called Angelo Ambrogini, 1454-1494)

·        Ghirlandajo Domenico. Confirmation of the Rule (Scene 5 from Fresco Cycle of St. Francis, 1482-1485, Florence, Santa Trinitа, the Sassetti Chapel, Central Wall)

o   Politian (Angelo Poliziano, also called Angelo Ambrogini, 1454-1494)

o   Politian (detail, enlarged)

·        Unidentified Artist (17th century). Politian (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

Poliziano Angelo – see: Politian

Porphyry (Malchus, c. 234 – c. 305)

·        German Artist (19th century). Porphyry: Illustration from Galerie der alten Griechen und Römer (1801, Augsburg)

Poseidonius (Posidonius, c. 135 – 51 B.C.)

·        German Artist (19th century). Poseidonius: Illustration from Galerie der alten Griechen und Römer (1801, Augsburg)

Priestley Joseph (1733-1804)

·        Board. Joseph Priestley, the Discoverer of Oxygen (1912, London, Wellcome Library)

Priestley is portrayed playing backgammon in his house in Birmingham when he received the news that it was about to be attacked by an anti-radical mob. The attacks took place on 14-16 July 1791, and the library, furnishings and equipment represented in the present painting were all destroyed. Priestley himself fled to Hackney.

o   Joseph Priestley (detail, enlarged)

·        Peale Rembrandt. Joseph Priestley (1801)

·       Williamson Francis John. Statue of Joseph Priestley: Recast of the 1874 original (1951, Birmingham, Chamberlain Square)

o   Statue of Joseph Priestley (detail, enlarged)

o   Statue of Joseph Priestley (half-side view: left)

o   Statue of Joseph Priestley (side view: right)

·       American Sculptor (19th or 20th century, after Francis John Williamson). Statue of Joseph Priestley: A painted plaster copy (Philadelphia, Chemical Heritage Foundation)

·       English Artist (19th century). Statue of Dr. Priestley at Birmingham (the original by Francis John Williamson) (1874, London, Wellcome Library)

·       English Sculptor (after Francis John Williamson). Statue of Joseph Priestley (London, Burlington House: The Royal Society of Chemistry)

Protagoras (c. 485 – c. 410 B. C.)

·        Flewelling Ralph Carlin. Protagoras: Man is the measure of the universe: A Mosaic in the Main Reading Room of James Harmon Hoose Library of Philosophy (1929, Los Angeles, The University of Southern California, Mudd Hall of Philosophy).

·        Rosa. Democritus and Protagoras (c. 1663-1664, St. Petersburg, The Hermitage)

o   Protagoras (c. 485 – c. 410 B. C.)

Proudhon Pierre-Joseph (1809-1865)

·        Courbet. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1865, Paris, Musée d’Orsay)

·        Courbet. Portrait of P. J. Proudhon in 1853 (1865, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais)

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite – see: Dionysius the Areopagite

Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 2nd century A.D.)

·        Joos van Ghent and Berruguete Pedro. Ptolemy (c. 1474, Paris, Musée du Louvre)

·        Raphael. The School of Athens (1510-1511, Rome, Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura)

o   Euclid, Ptolemy and Zoroaster (detail, enlarged)

o   Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus, 2nd century A.D.)

o   Ptolemy (detail, enlarged, from behind)

Pythagoras (c. 580 – c. 500 B.C.)

·       Bronnikov Fyodor. Pythagoreans Celebrate Sunrise (1869, Moscow, The Tretyakov Gallery)

·       Hare. Pythagoras (2001)

·        Lebiedzki (after design by Karl Rahl). The Beginnings of Greek Philosophy: Detail of the Left-hand Façade Mural (Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

o   Pythagoras (c. 580 – c. 500 B.C.)

o   Pythagoras and Thales (detail)

·        Raphael. The School of Athens (1510-1511, Rome, Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura)

o   Pythagoras (c. 580 – c. 500 B.C.)

o   Pythagoras (detail, enlarged)

·        French Sculptor (12th century). Statuettes of the Royal Portal (1150-1170, Chartres, Cathedral)

o   Pythagoras (c. 580 – c. 500 B.C.)

o   Pythagoras (c. 580 – c. 500 B.C.) (enlarged)

·        German Artist (19th century). Pythagoras: Illustration from Galerie der alten Griechen und Römer (1801, Augsburg)