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“The "Mona Lisa" is an optical illusion created by Leonardo Da Vinci. The woman in the painting "The Mona Lisa" doesn't appear to be always smiling. When you look at the mouth you feel she looks sad, melancholic, and hostile. But when you look at the eyes you feel she is happy and cheerful. Leonardo perfected the "sfumato technique," which translated literally from Italian means "vanished or evaporated." He created imperceptible transitions between light and shade, and sometimes between colors. "Why the Silhouette?" appears as a simple story of a few individuals, but when you look at it from a distance, it appears to show you the philosophy of life. I have tried to create imperceptible transitions between light and darkness and sometimes between colors. Hope you see the illusion in "Why the Silhouette?”

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Book:Why the Silhouette?
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“The structural similarity of men, and their ability to be represented both as ideal, like Leonardo's Vitruvian Man, and as average. Man being the measure of all things, and therefore a sort of standard and interchangeable unit of length, breadth, intelligence, emotion. We could lay them end to end to measure the distance between the continents, the distance to the moon. We could use them to calculate the weight of weather, or to buy things at the grocery. With such an abundance of men, we could gauge anything we chose.”

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Book:Intimations: Stories
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“He could quite quickly become detached from the nuances of common human emotion. Particularly if he was engaged in some aspect of a scientific problem or research. His work excluded any consideration for the feelings of those around him. And he rarely excused himself or justified his behavior. It was as if he was compelled to focus all his energy on one subject and was unaware that others did not follow his obsession.”

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Book:The Medici Seal
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“The "Monalisa Lisa" is an optical illusion created by Leonardo Da Vinci. The woman in the painting "The Mona Lisa" doesn't appear to be always smiling. When you look at the mouth you feel she looks sad, melancholic, and hostile. But when you look at the eyes you feel she is happy and cheerful. Leonardo perfected the "sfumato technique," which translated literally from Italian means "vanished or evaporated." He created imperceptible transitions between light and shade, and sometimes between colors. "Why the Silhouette?" appears as a simple story of a few individuals, but when you look at it from a distance, it appears to show you the philosophy of life. I have tried to create imperceptible transitions between light and darkness and sometimes between colors. Hope you see the illusion in "Why the Silhouette?”

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Book:Why the Silhouette?
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“She looked... She looked young, and- and--" I glanced down at Rossana gazing up at me, lips parted, eyes shining, her hair loose around her shoulders, and the next words I spoke were intended with no artifice at all. "She is almost as beautiful as you." There was laughter, and I looked up, confused. "If you wish to pay court to my daughter, Matteo, you must first speak to me," Captain dell'Orte said in mock severity. Rossana's face colored pink. "Elizabetta is also very beautiful," I said quickly, thinking to cover any embarassment, but also because it was true. The adults roared with laughter. "Now Matteo seeks to woo both girls with one compliment.”

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Book:The Medici Seal
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“Entre renglones se escondía de la difícil realidad a la que tenía que enfrentarse, para guarecerse en los infinitos universos que las palabras erigían.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Nada de lo que le pudiera decir iba a detener el desbocado sufrimiento que el desamor produce en un corazón desahuciado por el destinatario de su pasión.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Las dudas acribillaban su mente. Se decía que él no era un hombre agresivo, pero nadie conoce el ímpetu de su propia cólera hasta que el odio desencadena un ciclón.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“—No os preocupéis, las tormentas nunca son permanentes; allí donde parece que el sol no volverá a asomar, siempre un pequeño rayo nos devuelve la esperanza.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“The "Mona Lisa" is an optical illusion created by Leonardo Da Vinci. The woman in the painting "The Mona Lisa" doesn't appear to be always smiling. When you look at her mouth you feel she looks sad, melancholic, and hostile. But when you look at her eyes you feel she is happy and cheerful. Leonardo perfected the "sfumato technique," which translated literally from Italian means "vanished or evaporated." He created imperceptible transitions between light and shade, and sometimes between colors. "Why the Silhouette?" appears as a simple story of a few individuals, but when you look at it from a distance, it appears to show you the philosophy of life. I have tried to create imperceptible transitions between light and darkness and sometimes between colors. Hope you see the illusion in "Why the Silhouette?”

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Book:Why the Silhouette?
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“No era un hombre que creyese en la fortuna, ni tampoco en el numen o en las musas. Pensaba que la perseverancia era la virtud que permitía conquistar los sueños.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Al instante, la mujer se giró. En sus manos sujetaba un libro pequeño, entre cuyas páginas colocó un pañuelo para señalizar el pasaje que leía. Extendió su mano para recibir la misiva.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Os merecéis una felicidad duradera. La dicha de un amor como el que ahora sentís suele ser efímera, difícil de atrapar entre los dedos.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Los sentimientos de los lauderos impregnan la esencia de los instrumentos al tallar la madera. Si eso era cierto, su creación iba a tener una voz temible, dado que el corazón del joven agonizaba.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“No lograba entender el significado exacto de las palabras que acababa de escuchar. Pero su ferviente imaginación desató una tormenta que lo inundó de expectativas.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Elegir una edad concreta para pintarla significaba perder retales de su presencia, y eso convertiría su recuerdo en algo efímero.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Don’t say you don’t have enough time or enough money to change the world. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Gandhi, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Jesus Christ.”

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Author:Shannon L. Alder
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“Chiaroscuro, from the Italian for 'light/dark,' is the use of contrasts of light and shadow as a modeling technique for achieving the illusion of plasticity and three-dimensional volume in a two-dimensional drawing or painting. Leonardo's version of the technique involved varying the darkness of a color by adding black pigments rather than making it a more saturated or richer hue.”

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Book:Leonardo da Vinci
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