painting of the rooms
Rafael Santi – the ideal of the purest art
In the view of the people of the Renaissance, beauty is above all the orderly consonance and connection of parts, harmony. It is based on a proportion, a perfect image, where, in the words of the Italian scientist and architect Alberti, “you cannot add, subtract or change anything without making it worse.”
In the resurrected Renaissance, the ancient formula “beauty is harmony” expressed both the essence of art and a peculiar idea of the world around it. Continue reading
beautiful and majestic
easel paintings
remarkable monument
natural principle
constant companions
studios were located
direct observations
most picturesque places
henceforth become
technique of oil painting
aspiring artist
ambassador to Greece
joyful beauty
hands he held
huge cycle of murals
where every wave
creative response
figures are graceful
products painted
naming the artistic
Mexican graphic until
monuments of the city’s
makes several
distinguished by its mannerism
outlines of buildings
inhuman tension.
years of reaction
could not recover
master worked
uniquely individual
variety of color
especially outstanding
most popular
surpass in this respect
linear perspective
thus emphasizing
supposedly saved
masters saw in reality
introduction of an orange-red
statue was created
drew themes from these albums
painters from England
social activity gradually
tense in mood
picture telling
