Quando ouvimos os sinos, ouvimos aquilo que j trazemos em ns mesmos como modelo. Sou da opinio que no se dever desprezar aquele que olhar atentamente para as manchas da parede, para os carves sobre a grelha, para as nuvens, ou para a correnteza da gua, descobrindo, assim, coisas maravilhosas. O gnio do pintor h-de se apossar de todas essas coisas para criar composies diversas: luta de homens e de animais, paisagens, monstros, demnios e outras coisas fantsticas. Tudo, enfim, servir para engrandecer o artista.
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Leonardo da Vinci was a medieval Italian renaissance polymath. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology. Read more on Wikipedia →
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