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Fra Angelico
Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico was an Italian Renaissance painter known for his religious themes. His works are characterized by their delicate details and soft colors, which have had a profound impact on subsequent artists. more

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“In whatever system where the weight attached to the wheel should be the cause of motion of the wheel, without any doubt the center of the gravity of the weight will stop beneath the center of its axle. No instrument devised by human ingenuity, which turns with its wheel, can remedy this effect. Oh, speculators about perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you created in the like quest. Go and take you place with the seekers after gold.”

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Author:Leonardo da Vinci
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“Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their image to it, by means of a pyramid of lines. The Pyramid is the name I apply to the lines which, starting from the surface and edges of each object, converge from a distance and meet in a single point.”

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Book:The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete
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