. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. SKETCH IN THE TRAT-TATO DELLA PITTURA. (Vatican Library). THE TREATISE ON PAINTING 235 Other there is the same difference as between the sun and the It was long before the dispute ceased to set artists and critics bythe ears. Vasari, Bronzino, Pontormo, Tribolo, and a crowd of others,Aretino^ included, took part in the the death of Michelangelo, who hadended by condemning the whole sterilediscussion, the question of precedence wassetded in favour of the painters, whichbrought Cellini into the lists to break a lancefor sculptu
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. SKETCH IN THE TRAT-TATO DELLA PITTURA. (Vatican Library). THE TREATISE ON PAINTING 235 Other there is the same difference as between the sun and the It was long before the dispute ceased to set artists and critics bythe ears. Vasari, Bronzino, Pontormo, Tribolo, and a crowd of others,Aretino^ included, took part in the the death of Michelangelo, who hadended by condemning the whole sterilediscussion, the question of precedence wassetded in favour of the painters, whichbrought Cellini into the lists to break a lancefor sculpture.^ In the time of Voltaire the discussion was renewed by the sculptor Fal- ^ conet; ^ adkuc sub judice lis est!. SKETCH IN THE •?TRATTATO DELLA PITTURA. (Vatican Library.) Leonardo distrusted inspiration. Hethought it necessary to control and cor-roborate it by a criticism which never slept, a criticism exercisedboth by the artist himself and by strangers. So he begins with aseries of precepts calculated to give the painter the greatest possibleindependence, and to make him an impartial and, as it were, out-side judge of his own productions. We know, as a fact, that onesees the faults of others more quickly than ones own ; we even go sofar as to blame small errors in our neighbours whenwe ourselves possess them in a still greater escape this ignorance, master perspective first ofall, and then learn thoroughly the measurements ofmen and animals; become also a good architect, at leastso far as the general forms of buildings, and of otherthings which stand upon the earth are forms are, in fact, infinite. The more variousyour knowledge is, the more will your work be pra
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