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Dickens, Twain, Wolfe, Peacock, Shaw, Molière, Jonson, Wycherly, Sam Johnson. Poetas: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Dylan Thomas, Pope. Pintores: El Greco, Tintoretto. Músicos: Mozart, Haydn, Ravel, Johann Strauss (!).
Marcelo Cohen de Levis • Zen en El Arte De Escribir
Abstraction faite de l’enthousiasme de ses biographes du XVIe siècle, il est évident que Léonard était un jeune homme aimable, agréable à regarder et entouré d’amis. « Il était d’une disposition si affable qu’il s’attirait l’affection de tous », précise Vasari.
Walter Isaacson • Léonard de Vinci: La biographie (QUANTO) (French Edition)
Leonardo’s greatest achievement in his heart studies, and indeed in all of his anatomical work, was his discovery of the way the aortic valve works, a triumph that was confirmed only in modern times. It was birthed by his understanding, indeed love, of spiral flows. For his entire career, Leonardo was fascinated by the swirls of water eddies, wind
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Catherine Emil • 3 cards
Léonard a environ 14 ans lorsque son père lui trouve une place d’apprenti chez l’un de ses clients, Andrea del Verrocchio, artiste et ingénieur polyvalent à la tête de l’un des meilleurs ateliers de Florence.
Walter Isaacson • Léonard de Vinci: La biographie (QUANTO) (French Edition)
Largely due to his work, dimensionality became the supreme innovation of Renaissance art.