Saturday, October 12, 2013

Artistic Theory in Italy - Leonardo

Leonardo is quite different than Michelangelo. Leonardo is very scientific minded, whereas Michelangelo focusing on the spiritual and divine. Leonardo refers to the creation of art as scientific and he focuses on nature for inspiration and studies on painting. He pioneered systematic ways of producing the aerial perspective and effects of landscapes. Leonardo explains more in depth that an artist should not simply copy nature but instead capture and express in painting the ‘mind’ of nature… What is the object in nature expressing? – “the qualities of forms which nature produces.”

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