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LEONARDO da Vinci: Bird’s-eye-view of sea coast

🖼 Bird’s-eye-view of sea coast, c. 1515
Pen, ink, watercolour on paper
272 × 400 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Intricate ink lines map a jagged coastline from above, revealing Leonardo's anatomical precision applied to geography. This proto-scientific drawing demonstrates Renaissance mastery of observation and spatial reasoning, bridging art and cartography in early modern mapmaking innovation.

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E. H. Gombrich
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