light of Leonardo
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
huge cycle of murals
could not recover
constant companions
masters saw in reality
monuments of the city’s
creative response
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distinguished by its mannerism
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naming the artistic
ambassador to Greece
technique of oil painting
uniquely individual
direct observations
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social activity gradually
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studios were located
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figures are graceful
beautiful and majestic
joyful beauty
outlines of buildings
variety of color
easel paintings
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linear perspective
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remarkable monument
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thus emphasizing
inhuman tension.
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tense in mood
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