Leonardo da Vinci | Del figurare le grandezze delle cose dipinte

Trattato della Pittura - Parte seconda | Capitoli 146-168

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146. Del modo di condurre in pittura le cose lontane.

147. Come l'aria si deve far piú chiara quanto piú la fai finire bassa.

148. A fare che le figure spicchino dal loro campo.

149. Del figurare le grandezze delle cose dipinte.

150. Delle cose finite, e delle confuse.

151. Delle figure che sono separate, acciocché non paiano congiunte.

152. Se il lume deve esser tolto in faccia alle figure, o da parte, e quale dia piú grazia.

Leonardo da Vinci | Come si deve figurare una battaglia

Trattato della Pittura - Parte seconda | Capitolo 145

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Farai prima il fumo dell'artiglieria mischiato infra l'aria insieme con la polvere mossa dal movimento de' cavalli de' combattitori; la qual mistione userai cosí: la polvere, perché è cosa terrestre e ponderosa, e benché per la sua sottilità facilmente si levi e mischi infra l'aria, nientedimeno volentieri ritorna in basso, ed il suo sommo montare è fatto dalla parte piú sottile; adunque il meno sarà veduta, e parrà quasi del color dell'aria.

Il fumo che si mischia infra l'aria polverata, quando piú s'alza a certa altezza, parrà oscure nuvole, e vedrassi nelle sommità piú espeditamente il fumo che la polvere. Il fumo penderà in colore alquanto azzurro, e la polvere trarrà al suo colore.

Hermann Seeger | Genre painter

Hermann Seeger (1857-1945) was a German genre and landscape painter. Seeger was also known as a talented engraver. Seeger was born as the son of master tailor Carl Seeger and his wife Henriette, born Meyer, on October 15, 1857.

After the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, a prisoner French officer lived with Hermann's parents and gave him an ink box.

In 1875 Hermann Seeger graduated from high school, then he studied philology in Halle. During his studies he became a member of the Fridericiana Halle in 1878-79.

Tony Robert-Fleury | Academic painter

Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 1837 - 8 December 1911) was a French painter, known primarily for historical scenes. He was also a prominent art teacher, with many famous artists among his students.

Biography

He was born just outside Paris, and studied under his father Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury and under Paul Delaroche and Léon Cogniet at the École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Paris.

His first painting at the Salon de Paris, in 1866, was a large historical canvas, titled Varsovie, Scene de l'Insurrection Polonaise, recalling the events of 8 April 1861 in Warsaw, when Russian troops quenched riots by force. In the following year, his "Old Women in the Place Navone, Rome" was purchased by the Musée du Luxembourg.

Leonardo da Vinci | Come si deve figurare una notte

Trattato della Pittura - Parte seconda | Capitoli 106-144

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106. Precetto, che il pittore non s'inganni nell'elezione della figura in che esso fa l'abito.

107. Difetto de' pittori che ritraggono una cosa di rilievo in casa a un lume, e poi la mettono in campagna ad altro lume.

108. Della pittura e sua divisione.

109. Figura e sua divisione.

110. Proporzione di membra.

111. Del fuggire le calunnie de' giudizi varî che hanno gli operatori della pittura.

112. De' movimenti e delle operazioni varie.

Sherree Valentine Daines, 1956 | Modern Impressionist painter

Sherree Valentine Daines was born in Effingham, Surrey. She was not always an artist, at 18 she began work as a legal secretary in London. Realising the quality of the idle sketches she drew on her legal pads, it became clear that she had a talent for drawing.

Valentine Daines studied fine art at Epsom School of Art for 4 years, leaving in 1980. It was during her time at art school that she developed an interest in painting figures.

After graduating, she spent the first summer in Cornwall, painting villages, harbours and beaches and most of all the people. She has also been known to paint the busy streets of London, especially showing passers by hailing cabs, looking around markets or leaving the theatre.

Robert Fowler | Victorian painter

Robert Fowler (1853-1926) was an Scottish artist who painted mythological scenes and landscapes. Fowler was born in Anstruther, Fife, and was brought up mainly by his uncle and aunt while his parents were away on business. He showed a very early aptitude for art, starting first with pencil drawings then moving on to painting and clay modelling.

His family moved to Liverpool and Fowler went to school at Liverpool College. At the age of 16, he found employment in a commercial office where his talent for art was recognised by his employer, who encouraged Fowler's parents to send him to art school.

Fowler went to London to study at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and the South Kensington Schools.

Leonardo da Vinci | Del massimo difetto de' pittori..

Trattato della Pittura - Parte seconda | Capitoli 79-105

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79. Ordine del disegnare.

80. Del ritrarre di naturale.

81. Del ritrarre una qualunque cosa.

82. Come deve essere alto il lume da ritrarre di naturale.

83. Quali lumi si debbono eleggere per ritrarre le figure de' corpi.

84. Delle qualità del lume per ritrarre rilievi naturali o finti.

85. Del ritrarre i nudi.