Leonardo on Painting
Subtitle: An Anthology of Writings by Leonardo da Vinci with a Selection of Documents Relating to his Career
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780300090956
Subjects: Individual artists; Painting & paintings; Renaissance art; Theory of art; Individual Painters - Renaissance; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Europe; Criticism; European; History - Renaissance; Art / History / European
First sentence: If you scorn painting, which is the sole imitator of all the manifest works of nature, you will certainly be scorning a subtle invention, which with philosophical and subtle speculation considers all manner of forms: sea, land, trees, animals, grasses, flowers, all of which are enveloped in light and shade.