What element or technique serves to unify and balance Raphael's School of Athens, an imagined dialogue among the great philosophers and scientists of classical antiquity?
a. a symmetrical architectural setting of receding barrel vaults
b. a foreground portrait of Michelangelo in the guise of a Greek philosopher
c. the delicate treatment of the female nude
d. the consistent use of vivid word-painting
Answer: a
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