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attempt to closely define "the Renaissance" is to
step into a chronological swamp: the vague term can stretch
to include both Giotto (d. 1337) and Tintoretto (d. 1694).
But as a matter of purpose, "Renaissance" refers
to a stylistic return among artists and intellectuals to cultural
influences of classical antiquity - a repudiation of homegrown
European artistic style. Informally, the master artists of
the fifteenth (and to some degree the sixteenth) century -
those in whose work a classical purity, harmony, and balance
can be seen - are called Renaissance artists. These include
da Vinci, Lippi, Bellini, Titian, Botticelli, Bronzino, Durer,
Raphael, and others. Glorious paintings by these and more
Old Masters fill this book of 30 colour postcards.Published
with the National Gallery of Art, Washington. 17.5cm x 12cm
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