Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a poor master who makes only a single figure well.


The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (MacCurdy, 1938) - XXIX Precepts of the Painter


Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a...

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a...

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a...

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a...