Leonardo Da Vinci's Masterpiece
Joseph Jordania (2014). In: Tigers, Lions and Humans: History of Rivalry, Conflict, Reverence and Love. Logos Publishing. ISBN 978-9941-437-60-1 Leonardo Da Vinci’s Masterpiece If there are very few humans whom we can trust in distinguishing true masterpieces from other great works of art, Leonardo Da Vinci is certainly one of them. Leonardo combined the mind of a brilliant scholar with the mind of visionary artist and is rightly considered one of the greatest geniuses of humankind. Although Leonardo left us a great number of true masterpieces, we do not know many phenomena or works of art Leonardo appreciated himself as “masterpieces.” We know two instances when Leonardo directly acknowledged something to be a true masterpiece. The first case is the anatomy of human foot: “Human foot is a masterpiece of engineering” declared da Vinci. Any contemporary scholar, biologist or engineer would agree with these words. In the second case Leonardo used his highest praise for a cat: “Little feline is a masterpiece.” Leonardo was by no means the only scholar or artist who was fascinated by cats. Hundreds or even thousands of writers, poets, musicians, scholars, and politicians left us quotes that capture the human fascination with cats. To fill the love and reverence towards cats that we humans have, it is best to hear the words of these scholars, writers, poets and artists about cats. JORDANIA, Joseph (2014) Joseph Jordania (2014). In: Tigers, Lions and Humans: History of Rivalry, Conflict, Reverence and Love. Logos Publishing. ISBN 978-9941-437-60-1 HUMANS ON CATS I want to start with possibly the most disputed quote about cats: “Time spent with cats is never wasted.” These words are attributed to three different authors: father of psychoanalyses, Austrian Sigmund Freud, Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, a French writer and author of Gigi, better known as Colette, and American poet and writer Eleanore Marie Sarton, better known as May Sarton.
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