Traité élémentaire de la peinture, avec 58 figures d'après les dessins originaux de Le Poussin, dont 34 en taille-douce

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“Traité élémentaire de la peinture, avec 58 figures d'après les dessins originaux de Le Poussin, dont 34 en taille-douce” is a book by Leonardo da Vinci in the “Arts & Architecture” category, written in French. It is in the public domain, so you can read it for free from the open source using the buttons above. If you enjoyed it, press Like to help others find it. Similar books are listed below.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was born near the town of Vinci, the illegitimate son of a Florentine notary, and trained in the workshop of the painter Verrocchio. He worked for the rulers of Florence and Milan, where he painted The Last Supper, and spent his last years in France as the guest of King Francis I.

His paintings, among them the Mona Lisa, are few, but his notebooks are full of studies of anatomy, flight, water, optics and machines, written in mirror script. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci let us follow his endless curiosity; for one of his sources, see Vitruvius.