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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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introduction of an orange-red
painters from England
beautiful and majestic
monuments of the city’s
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uniquely individual
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variety of color
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linear perspective
years of reaction
direct observations
huge cycle of murals
easel paintings
makes several
statue was created
thus emphasizing
joyful beauty
masters saw in reality
social activity gradually
most picturesque places
henceforth become
figures are graceful
constant companions
inhuman tension.
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creative response
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outlines of buildings
technique of oil painting
most popular
studios were located
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