Appreciating World Famous Paintings - Leonardo da Vinci

Author: Leonardo da Vinci (Italy)
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This is a set of postcards, which can also be considered a book. It consists of 23 thick cardstock color prints. The front features beautiful world-famous paintings, and the back has an introduction to each painting. The printing is exquisitely done! Leonardo da Vinci, the founder of the Renaissance and the High Renaissance, was not only the most outstanding genius among painters but also a sculptor, poet, musician, and architect. He was also a mechanical engineer, mathematician, and scientist, making him a truly all-around painter of the Renaissance period. Leonardo da Vinci had an extremely keen sense of perception, often capturing the enchanting beauty of the surface of things, while never losing the perspective of a physicist or anatomist. He successfully blended the rationality of a scientist with the sensibility of an artist, two seemingly contradictory qualities, to create masterpieces with precise compositions yet natural emotional expression.
Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519) is hailed as a genius of all talents and the most complete exponent of the Renaissance. He was not only the most outstanding genius among painters but also a sculptor, poet, musician, and architect. He was also a mechanical engineer, mathematician, and scientist, making him a truly all-around painter of the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci had an extremely keen sense of perception, often capturing the fleeting expressions of things as if they were about to fly away. He not only found the enchanting beauty of the surface of things but also never lost the perspective of a physicist or anatomist. He successfully blended the rationality of a scientist with the sensibility of an artist, two seemingly contradictory qualities, to create masterpieces with precise compositions yet natural emotional expression.