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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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huge cycle of murals
most popular
variety of color
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naming the artistic
most picturesque places
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technique of oil painting
surpass in this respect
especially outstanding
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outlines of buildings
beautiful and majestic
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linear perspective
studios were located
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aspiring artist
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drew themes from these albums
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creative response
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painters from England
distinguished by its mannerism
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joyful beauty
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remarkable monument
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inhuman tension.
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