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Leonardo Da Vinci Quotations About Art

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things. -- Leonardo a Vinci Quote

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.  -- Leonardo da Vinci Quote


All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. - Leonardo da Vinci Quote


Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -- Leonardo da Vinci Quote

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!
 -- Leonardo da Vinci Quote


The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane. -- Leonardo da Vinci Quote

Important Words and Phrases related to the Renaissance Art Movement rebirth, rediscovery of the classical world, City-state, Humanism, Humanist, Francesco Petrarch, Reform, The Prince, Theocracy, The Inquisition, Human Reasoning,  publication of Della Pittura, a book about the laws of mathematical perspective for artists, sfumato, chiaroscuro, linear perspectiveHeliocentric Theory, vanishing point, Savonarola, spiritually significant,  illuminated manuscriptidealized biblical themes, scriptorium, emotion, illuminator,  iconoclast, Age of Discovery, axonometric drawing, curiosity about the natural world, mythology,  realistic use of colours and lightBonfire of the Vanities, Old Testament stories, ethereal and foggy backgrounds, Gospel parables, The Blackdeath, romanticized landscapes,  Christian symbolism. Paradise


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