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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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outlines of buildings
distinguished by its mannerism
years of reaction
inhuman tension.
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naming the artistic
figures are graceful
easel paintings
social activity gradually
products painted
uniquely individual
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aspiring artist
joyful beauty
could not recover
studios were located
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where every wave
direct observations
tense in mood
linear perspective
thus emphasizing
painters from England
surpass in this respect
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variety of color
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technique of oil painting
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