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Leonardo’s Mysterious Landscapes
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
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