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