{"collection":"aor","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/aor/dv/0652.htm","path":"aor/dv/0652.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/aor/dv/0652.htm","text":"The Da Vinci Notebooks\nIf you condemn painting, which is the only imitator of all visible works of nature, you will certainly despise a subtle invention which brings philosophy and subtle speculation to the consideration of the nature of all forms--seas and plains, trees, animals, plants and flowers--which are surrounded by shade and light. And this is true knowledge and the legitimate issue of nature; for painting is born of nature--or, to speak more correctly, we will say it is the grandchild of nature; for all visible things are\nproduced by nature, and these her children have given birth to painting. Hence we may justly call it the grandchild of nature and related to God.","title":"Vol. I: IX. The Practice of Painting: 652.","type":"page"}