Painting contains a divine force which not only makes absent men present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive.

Nam habet ea quidem in se uim admodum divinam : non modo quod ut de amicitia dicunt, absentes pictura praesentes esse faciat : ureum etiam defunctos longa post secula uiuentibus exhibeat, ut summa cum artificis admiratione, ac uisentium ulouptate cognoscatur.

Leon Battista Alberti

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Power of art Painting Art

Author

Leon Battista Alberti

Language

Latin

Time

1435 1430s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Architect Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Alberti, Leon Battista. De Pictura [On Painting]. c. 1450, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Alberti, Leon Battista. On Painting, translated by John R. Spencer. Yale University Press, 1966, bk. 2.

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Medium
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Statement Type
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Haste denies all acts their dignity.

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Original Citation

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Cui bono?

Cicero

Pro Milone

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Incentives
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Cicero
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
52 BC 50s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 32.

Current Citation

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