What is being DISPUTED in religious artworks that have THE DISPUTATION as their subject and title?

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What is being DISPUTED in religious artworks that have THE DISPUTATION as their subject and title?

Raphael and others created scenes that included numerous saints and Virgin Mary and/or Jesus and described the activity taking place among them as a DISPUTATION

2006-09-11 10:28:32 · 2 answers · asked by Al Kornhole 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting

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Disputation was a scholastic system of education in the middle ages and they did not dispute anything but it was a debate to establish truths and you had to have the knowledge of both sides of th argument.

2006-09-11 12:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Nothing really, they just sought a catchy title that everyone would wonder about.

2006-09-11 17:34:57 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋