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