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Search:: Artists Alphabetically Symbolism 50 Greatest Paintings Art Movements (1385 - 1441) Flemish, Northern Renaissance Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb ; 1434 Oil on wooden panel, National Gallery, London
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one of the greatest paintings of all time Key Descriptive Words and Phrases associated with the Renaissance Movement - rebirth, rediscovery of the classical world, publication of Della Pittura, a book about the laws of mathematical perspective for artists, sfumato, chiaroscuro, Savonarola, spiritually significant, illuminated manuscript, idealized biblical themes, scriptorium, illuminator, plague, Age of Discovery, curiosity about the natural world, realistic use of colours and light, Bonfire of the Vanities, Old Testament stories, ethereal and foggy backgrounds, Gospel parables, romanticized landscapes, Christian symbolism. The Meaning of Sacred Symbols in Paintings. Most prominently featured symbols and their meaning:
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