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Renaissance art shows the ideals of the period. One important painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483–1520), “The School of Athens” painted in 1510–1511, captures the spirit of Humanism, with its portrayal of humans learning from other humans. Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, and other classical scholars also appear in the painting.
The idea of artistic perspective was growing during the time of the Renaissance humanists, too. Essentially a product of mathematical calculations to portray the illusion of depth on a flat, painted surface, perspective allowed painters and...
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