tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743901552091353231.post8868474177330658517..comments2014-06-08T02:25:30.295-07:00Comments on Thirty-two days in Italy: Quintessential Florence, Part 1Barbara Campbell Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00718532124070926246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743901552091353231.post-11705985691815666072012-06-05T09:12:33.900-07:002012-06-05T09:12:33.900-07:00Well, you would certainly know! Interestingly we l...Well, you would certainly know! Interestingly we looked at the works of Benozzo Gozzoli today (my first day of class) and his take from the late 1440s at the Medici Palace (Chapel of the Magi) is so radically different than Leonardo. It reminds me of delicate, highly detailed illuminated manuscripts. His work is equally interesting visually, just as effective to the eye and mind, but such a different take on things. He's looking at nature clearly, but abstracting it by choice, I think. I must say, with you in mind I've been giving landscape a much more careful eye this trip, both in nature and in painting!Heather Holianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481100216415438940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743901552091353231.post-26906346292957418922012-06-04T20:45:37.120-07:002012-06-04T20:45:37.120-07:00Eh, now I have to read up on Leonardo's percep...Eh, now I have to read up on Leonardo's perceptions of atmospheric perspective. I've come to conclude that anyone who spends some time painting outdoors 'discovers' for themselves certain qualities and ideas about the color and value shifts that occur in nature that are specific to distance. It is always fun to read up how the long gone observed what is still true today.Bill Conehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852367461802236749noreply@blogger.com