Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen.

A pittura è una poesìa che si vede , e non si sente , e la poesìa è una pittura che si sente , e non si vede .

Leonardo da Vinci

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Topic

Poetry Painting Art

Author

Leonardo da Vinci

Source

A Treatise on Painting

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Italian

Time

1519 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Da Vinci, Leonard. Tratto della pittura [A Treatise on Painting]. Raffaelo du Fresne, 1651.

Current Citation

Da Vinci, Leonardo. A Treatise on Painting, translated by John Francis Rigaud. Dover Publications, 2005.

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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Source
Invisible Cities
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Calvino, Italo. Le citta invisibili [Invisible Cities]. Giulio Einaudi, 1972.