Sentence:  Besides , it 's important to the way a painter thinks that he should move in a certain atmosphere , an atmosphere in which he may absorb the ideas of other masters , as Durer went to <WSD>Italy</WSD> to meet Bellini and Mantegna '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD