“I prefer you to take as your model a mediocre sculpture rather than an excellent painting, for from painted objects we train our hand only to make a likeness, whereas from sculptures we learn to represent both likeness and correct incidence of light.” HandsLightObjectsPaintingModelsTrainExcellentMediocreSculptureIncidence Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model.” ModelsErrorsCompounds Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.” WholeTroubleMaterialsModelsWoodsDrawingExpensesCustomsArchitectContinuingPreparingTire Author:Leon Battista Alberti
