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RETALHOS
Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
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506.
PAINTING.
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes
the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by
the images of as many objects as are in front of it. Therefore you
must know, Oh Painter! that you cannot be a good one if you are not
the universal master of representing by your art every kind of form
produced by nature. And this you will not know how to do if you do
not see them, and retain them in your mind. Hence as you go through
the fields, turn your attention to various objects, and, in turn
look now at this thing and now at that, collecting a store of divers
facts selected and chosen from those of less value. But do not do
like some painters who, when they are wearied with exercising their
fancy dismiss their work from their thoughts and take exercise in
walking for relaxation, but still keep fatigue in their mind which,
though they see various objects [around them], does not apprehend
them; but, even when they meet friends or relations and are saluted
by them, although they see and hear them, take no more cognisance of
them than if they had met so much empty air.
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes
the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by
the images of as many objects as are in front of it. Therefore you
must know, Oh Painter! that you cannot be a good one if you are not
the universal master of representing by your art every kind of form
produced by nature. And this you will not know how to do if you do
not see them, and retain them in your mind. Hence as you go through
the fields, turn your attention to various objects, and, in turn
look now at this thing and now at that, collecting a store of divers
facts selected and chosen from those of less value. But do not do
like some painters who, when they are wearied with exercising their
fancy dismiss their work from their thoughts and take exercise in
walking for relaxation, but still keep fatigue in their mind which,
though they see various objects [around them], does not apprehend
them; but, even when they meet friends or relations and are saluted
by them, although they see and hear them, take no more cognisance of
them than if they had met so much empty air.
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Leonardo Da Vinci
CONVERSAS COM SARAH AFFONSO
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Um dia a minha filha trouxe-me um dos Códices do Leornardo da Vinci, que era a compilaçao das últimas obras dele. 0 Leonardo da Vinci morreu com uns 90 e tal. Quando corneçou a ficar muito veiho foi viver para casa dum discípulo querido, onde fez uma série de desenhos. Punha debaixo do braço uma resrna de papel e ia para o campo desenhar. Ficava por fora todo o dia e só vinha á noite. Quando morreu toda essa obra ficou em casa do discípulo, que com uma grande admiração, guardou tudo.Por sua vez o discípulo morreu e ficou o filho, que começou a vender e a dispersar todos os desenhos, uns para aqui outros para acolá.Uns foram parar a Inglaterra, outros a Espanha e outros ainda ficararn em Itália. Foi um espanhol que conseguiu reunir tudo de novo e fazer o tal códice. Eu vi o livro e passados uns dias sou operada.Com aquelas drogas que dão para anestesiar tive alucinaçöes e sonhos.Muitas vezes nesses sonhos via o Leonardo da Vinci a fazer desenhos de flores e ervinhas selvagens. Depois da operação passada, fui-me restabelecer para Bicesse e ia cheia de vontade de desenhar. Os sonhos com o Leonardo da Vinci tinharn-me aberto o apetite para aquelas flores e folhas... Desenhei, desenhei e mais tarde quando voltei para Lisboa encontro o Códice e com muita curiosidade peguei nele para o desfolhar. Não havia praticarnente desenhos de flores, eramn de máquinas, coisas de engenharia! Como ele ia para o carnpo, entendi que ia desenhar e ervas, mas no fmn quem queria desenhar plantas e ervas era eu!
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Maria José de Almada Negreiros
Maria José de Almada Negreiros
ARCADIA ,1882
IMAGES
LEONARDO DA VINCI
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Rigth:Primeiro desenho, 1911
Left:SARAH AFFONSO,Paris
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