“If thou shouldst paint mountains in a good style and to look natural, take some large stones full of cracks and copy them.” IfsLooksNaturalStyleMountainModelsStonesPaintCopiesCracks Author:Cennino Cennini
“Mystery is the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones... and serving to demonstrate as real the things that are not.” ArtRealNaturalMysteryShadowServingUnseenUnseen Things Author:Cennino Cennini
“This is an occupation known as painting, which calls for imagination, and skill of hand, in order to discover things not seen, hiding themselves under the shadow of natural objects, and to fix them with the hand, presenting to plain sight what does not actually exist.” DoeHandsOrderImaginationNaturalKnownObjectsPaintingSkillsShadowSightOccupationHidingPresentingPlain SightHiding In Plain Sight Book:The Craftsman's Handbook Source: The Craftsman's Handbook
