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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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direct observations
ambassador to Greece
drew themes from these albums
tense in mood
inhuman tension.
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naming the artistic
variety of color
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monuments of the city’s
especially outstanding
picture telling
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social activity gradually
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years of reaction
huge cycle of murals
linear perspective
easel paintings
painters from England
joyful beauty
surpass in this respect
distinguished by its mannerism
masters saw in reality
constant companions
natural principle
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figures are graceful
most picturesque places
most popular
products painted
studios were located
uniquely individual
technique of oil painting
where every wave
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thus emphasizing
outlines of buildings
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