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Leonardo’s Mysterious Landscapes

Posted on September 6, 2010 by 100swallows

Salvador Dalí once made a comparison of great painters. He rated each for his colors, drawing, invention, and other qualities. For “mystery” he gave Leonardo da Vinci a 10. Isn’t that one of Leonardo’s fortes? The landscapes in his paintings … Continue reading →

Posted in aesthetics, art, art history, Beauty, drawing, great artists, Leonardo da Vinci, oil painting, Renaissance | Tagged heaven, landscape, mountains, mystery, painters, plein air, sublime, Virgin of the Rocks | 20 Comments

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