Pinacotheca Philosophica: Philosophers - P

 

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, Mus?e du Louvre)

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

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

Pico della Mirandola Giovanni (1463-1494)

·         Delaroche. The Childhood of Pico della Mirandola (1842, Nantes, Mus?e 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 R?mer (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 R?mer (1801, Augsburg)

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

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

Priestley Joseph (1733-1804)

·         Peale Rembrandt. Joseph Priestley (1801)

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, Mus?e d’Orsay)

·         Courbet. Portrait of P. J. Proudhon in 1853 (1865, Paris, Mus?e 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, Mus?e 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.)

·         Hare. Pythagoras (2001)

·         Lebiedzki (after design by Karl Rahl). The Beginnings of Greek Philosophy: Detail of the Left-hand Fa?ade 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.)

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