Traité élémentaire de la peinture, by da Vinci Leonardo
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"Traité élémentaire de la peinture" by Leonardo da Vinci is a treatise compiled after his death from his notes and fragments. This composite work reorganizes Leonardo's writings on painting into theoretical and practical sections. It explores painting as a philosophical science, emphasizing observation of nature through mathematical, geometric, and optical principles. Leonardo argues that painting deserves recognition among the liberal arts because it applies logic and universal visual communication. The treatise offers
both foundational theories and practical guidance for aspiring painters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 |
| Title |
Traité élémentaire de la peinture, avec 58 figures d'après les dessins originaux de Le Poussin, dont 34 en taille-douce |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trattato_della_pittura |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Treatise_on_Painting |
| Credits |
Produced by Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | ND: Fine Arts: Painting |
| Subject | Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 |
| Subject | Painting -- Technique -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 35971 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-35971-7 |
| Release Date | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 749 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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