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  • Clara Westphal

    9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Clara Westphal's post “Define what is meant by c...”

    Define what is meant by cartoon in this era?

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    • Richard K Williams

      9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Richard K Williams's post “A cartoon is a drawing do...”

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      A cartoon is a drawing done -- usually in full scale -- in preparation for a piece to be rendered later using some other art medium like oil, tempera, fresco, and even stained glass or mosaic.

      (15 votes)

  • Cyan Wind

    10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to Cyan Wind's post “From what I have just rea...”

    From what I have just read above, Leonardo and Michelangelo had co-operated to paint an enormous battle scene Battle of Cascina. Is there any link to read about that painting more clearly?

    (8 votes)

  • Kimberly Hemphill

    9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Kimberly Hemphill's post “I wonder if Leonardo's re...”

    I wonder if Leonardo's reversed handwriting offers any insights into how his brain worked? I seem to remember reading that Charles Peirce (another genius) also wrote backwards. Clearly, their brains worked differently than most people's.

    (5 votes)

    • trek

      9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to trek's post “It was formerly supposed ...”

      Leonardo and his drawings (article) | Khan Academy (10)

      It was formerly supposed that daVinci wrote in mirror image to prevent others from being able to read his notes but a more recent theory is that since he was a lefty, it was easier for him to write "backwards" - remember that he was writing with a quill and lefties tend to drive the point of a pen into the paper instead of dragging it along the surface like righties. Also, by writing in reverse, he wouldn't have smeared the wet ink as his hand moved across the parchment.

      (10 votes)

  • Waléeed kaz

    9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Waléeed kaz's post “how did he draw the veins...”

    how did he draw the veins in the correct way, did he use any diagram of the human system internally ?

    (2 votes)

    • Grace Oliver

      9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Grace Oliver's post “It is a believed, and hea...”

      It is a believed, and heavily supported, idea that Leonardo did dissections - so he most likely have done observational drawings for himself. This is also how he did some accurate drawings of the heart and other bodily features - though not all his drawing are scientifically accurate to today's standards.

      (3 votes)

  • Jo-Ann Bunevich

    8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Jo-Ann Bunevich's post “I am astonisted Leonardo ...”

    I am astonisted Leonardo work how dose he think these idea?

    (2 votes)

  • laurence.sun

    2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to laurence.sun's post “did he wrote the material...”

    did he wrote the materials for the deadly weapons?

    (1 vote)

  • Ellie Norman

    8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Ellie Norman's post “does the vitruvian man ha...”

    does the vitruvian man have any relation to the vitruvian canon of roman architecture?

    (1 vote)

  • mira rosen

    3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to mira rosen's post “What materials did Leonar...”

    What materials did Leonard use for his drawings?

    (1 vote)

    • David Alexander

      3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “According to the article,...”

      According to the article, "...he used: silverpoint, pen and ink, black and particularly red chalks."

      (1 vote)

  • shaun li

    8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to shaun li's post “was this created before f...”

    was this created before for war?

    (1 vote)

  • eyu22

    8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to eyu22's post “so what are some well kno...”

    so what are some well known drawings(not paintings) that da Vinci has drew?

    (1 vote)

    • Karina

      8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Karina's post “Probably the most well kn...”

      Probably the most well known and recognizable drawing of Leonardo Da Vinci is the so-called Vitruvian Man (sometimes also called "the Proportional Man"). You have surely come across it printed onto various items such as notebooks, tee-shirts, posters etc.

      See here to learn more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man

      (1 vote)

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