“Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive.” DoeAliveDivinePaintingPossessedAbsentDivine Power Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“Painting contains a divine force which not only makes absent men present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive.” SeemsForceAliveDivinePainting Author:Leon Battista Alberti
