#5: Great Art Should Be Understandable—Even to Kids
Logic dictates that if you truly grasp a concept, you should be able to explain the concept to a child, breaking it down into its most basic parts. Raphael painted like this, synthesizing larger-than-life moments in the religious canon to brightly colored yet understated events that would even draw the gaze and fascination of a child. (The School of Athens, 1509–1511)
