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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
aspiring artist
joyful beauty
distinguished by its mannerism
could not recover
monuments of the city’s
products painted
introduction of an orange-red
supposedly saved
uniquely individual
social activity gradually
drew themes from these albums
studios were located
where every wave
remarkable monument
figures are graceful
technique of oil painting
natural principle
inhuman tension.
painters from England
years of reaction
statue was created
beautiful and majestic
variety of color
henceforth become
constant companions
Mexican graphic until
makes several
masters saw in reality
huge cycle of murals
easel paintings
creative response
direct observations
surpass in this respect
tense in mood
naming the artistic
most picturesque places
hands he held
master worked
picture telling
outlines of buildings
especially outstanding
thus emphasizing
most popular
linear perspective
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