Paragone
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Illustration: Laocoön and His Sons ("Clamores horrendos" detail), photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen.
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Paragone (meaning comparison), is a debate from the Italian Renaissance in which one form of art (architecture, sculpture or painting) is championed as superior to all others. Leonardo da Vinci's treatise on painting, noting the difficulty of painting and supremacy of sight, is a noted example.
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See also
- (Philosophy is) the yelping hound howling at her lord (poetry)
- Hierarchy of the arts
- Transfiguration (Raphael)
- "All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music"by Walter Pater
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