Project Gutenberg 2018-07-14 Public domain in the USA. 489 Leonardo, da Vinci 1452 1519 Da Vinci, Leonardo Vinci, Leonardo da Vinci, Léonard de Alberti, Leon Battista 1404 1472 Alberti, Leo Baptista Alberti, Leon Batista Alberti, Leonis Baptiste Alberti, Leone Battista Alberti, L. B. (Leon Battista) Alberti, Battista Rejón de Silva, Diego Antonio 1740 1796 Rejon de Silva, Diego Antonio De Silva, Diego Antonio Rejón Silva, Diego Antonio Rejón de El tratado de la pintura Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Treatise_on_Painting Vida de Leonardo de Vinci -- El Tratado de la Pintura de Leonardo de Vinci -- Notas al Tratado de Vinci -- Vida de Leon Bautista Alberti -- Notas á la vida de Alberti -- Libro primero de la Pintura -- Libro segundo -- Libro tercero -- Notas. Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Ramon Pajares Box and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "El tratado de la pintura" by Leonardo da Vinci and Leon Battista Alberti is a seminal work on the art of painting written in the late 15th to early 16th century. This publication serves as a comprehensive guide for aspiring artists, detailing both theoretical principles and practical techniques essential to mastering the craft of painting. The book emphasizes the importance of observing nature, understanding anatomy, and employing perspective to achieve realism in art. At the start of this notable treatise, the translator introduces the work's purpose, noting the distinction between mere practice and the pursuit of profound knowledge in the arts. He encourages young painters to begin their education in perspective, followed by drawing from the real world and studying works of established masters. This opening also stresses the necessity of diligence over speed in learning, laying out a foundation for the artistic development that is further explored in the following sections of the treatise. The translator acknowledges da Vinci's complex writing style, hinting at the challenges of interpreting his thoughts, while expressing the hope that this translation will make the valuable insights of da Vinci and Alberti more accessible to future generations of painters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 44.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. es Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Painting -- Early works to 1800 Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 ND Text Category: Art Category: How To ... 570126 2025-07-23T04:49:29.691137 text/html 566456 2018-07-14T10:15:44 text/html 1719652 2025-07-23T04:49:38.014078 application/epub+zip 1725377 2025-07-23T04:49:31.332092 application/epub+zip 233756 2025-07-23T04:49:30.520101 application/epub+zip 1865054 2025-07-23T04:49:42.900021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1711622 2025-07-23T04:49:37.101061 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328918 2022-09-26T03:35:39.341411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476930 2025-07-23T04:49:28.455100 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 476924 2018-07-14T10:15:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21443 2025-07-23T04:49:43.059016 application/rdf+xml 10926 2025-07-23T04:49:30.625069 image/jpeg 2134 2025-07-23T04:49:30.573096 image/jpeg 165207 2018-07-14T10:15:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 1604275 2018-07-14T10:15:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 1747360 2025-07-23T04:49:29.844172 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia