Exceptional... a pivotal work in understanding Leonardo's achievement and development...Exceptional... a pivotal work in understanding Leonardo's achievement and development......more
Exploring some insights about the origin and dynamics of the Mithras cult, this essay delves into the Ancient Roman religion of salvation and cosmologExploring some insights about the origin and dynamics of the Mithras cult, this essay delves into the Ancient Roman religion of salvation and cosmology... but, it's too short in its exploration......more
Whether if you're trying to understand, I mean, to ponder the very goals and desires that Leonardo's genius wanted to achieve through his notes, or ifWhether if you're trying to understand, I mean, to ponder the very goals and desires that Leonardo's genius wanted to achieve through his notes, or if you're figuring out how he develop his own ideas and insights through research and imagination alike, this excellent and comprehensive book is a pretty good option to begin with on that direction. In the whole process, You'll soon appreciate deeply the Da Vinci's legacy.
As some has always sustained, environment do affects the way we appreciate things and reality. Thus, beauty has much to do with the way we believe aboAs some has always sustained, environment do affects the way we appreciate things and reality. Thus, beauty has much to do with the way we believe about reality and our own appreciation of it. This means that our own history, language, culture, formation, family values, expectations, epoch, life's situation and so on and so forth, influence our own idea of beauty... and also, that appreciation about beauty changes with time. So, Umberto Eco's book about beauty is not about his philosophy of beauty, but a recollection of art through time... and with this, you may realize how things worked out in his book. Anyway, it's worth reading and you were learnt a lot... ...more
Extraordinary, subliminal, compelling, generous, fascinating, intriguing, colossal, monumental... there are much more ingredients to this magnificent Extraordinary, subliminal, compelling, generous, fascinating, intriguing, colossal, monumental... there are much more ingredients to this magnificent saga about Frida Kahlo's life and work and evolution... a real tour of force! Two thumps up!...more
The letters from this book is a reading mandatory for anyone interested on Vincent Van Gogh's life and work... every single letter was meddling with eThe letters from this book is a reading mandatory for anyone interested on Vincent Van Gogh's life and work... every single letter was meddling with emotion and drama and pain... you'd recognize a lot about the inner life and journey of his soul... ...more
The subtle and enigmatic charming of this love affair made me reread this work. Everything and nothing is possible with this kind of story. It's evocaThe subtle and enigmatic charming of this love affair made me reread this work. Everything and nothing is possible with this kind of story. It's evocative, simple, precious, effusive and arousing, like a Renaissance artwork! I do love it! By the way, the book is much, much better than the film (the motion picture is good though)....more
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