Perspective is the bridle and rudder of painting.

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Perspective is the bridle and rudder of painting.

Leonardo da Vinci

1519

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Time

1519 The Renaissance

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Da Vinci, Leonardo. Leonardo da Vinci: Notebooks. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Da Vinci, Leonardo. Italian Manuscripts, Bibliotheque Nationale. 1519, MS 2038, Bib. Nat. 13 r.

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