Word: altarpieceã
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...Although the viewer would most likely expect the “sacra conversazione” to be the altarpiece??s main attraction, the altarpiece??s exceptional background is surprisingly the cause of debate. Rather than coinciding an iconic religious background with the conventional religious imagery in the foreground, the artist unexpectedly copied a secular landscape from Guilio Campagnola’s print “Shepherds in a Landscape” as this altarpiece??s background. Rather than the conventional background of golden leaves and angels, the viewer instead finds a background of trees...
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