RENAISSANCE
A Treatise on Painting
Leonardo da Vinci
The notebooks of a painter who wanted to understand everything before painting.
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Artists' notebooks, letters and treatises — and the history of the works themselves — become conversations. Understand a gesture, a colour, a hesitation, told by the hand that made them. Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa — and soon the greatest figures in the history of art.
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✓Understand a gesture, a material, a colour
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1Read a few pages of an artist's writing
2Come back to talk about what you read
3Ask the artists themselves to explain
4Sharpen how you look, through dialogue
Letters to Theo · letter 534
“Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes, I use colour more arbitrarily, so as to express myself forcibly…”
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Ask Vincent to explain this passage…
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Who can I talk to?
Leonardo da Vinci, Van Gogh, Hokusai, Delacroix — and the works themselves, such as the Mona Lisa.
Where do the answers come from?
From their notebooks, letters and treatises, and the documented context of their time.
Do I need any background to start?
No. We start from what you see: a colour, a gesture, an impression.