« A reality that almost amounts to illusion »
Walter Pater’s description of Mona Lisa in The Renaissance (1873) turns the famous picture – which as a portrait gives the faithful image of a real person – into a symbol of human aspirations. Considering the painter as a rival of nature, Leonardo da Vinci creates beauty and life in his art, while M...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Sillages Critiques |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/3321 |