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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
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tense in mood
linear perspective
surpass in this respect
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monuments of the city’s
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distinguished by its mannerism
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masters saw in reality
social activity gradually
drew themes from these albums
figures are graceful
direct observations
thus emphasizing
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