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LEONARDO da Vinci: Studies of water

🖼 Studies of water, 1509-11
Pen and ink on paper
290 × 202 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Swirling currents and cascading flows dominate the page, rendered in delicate pen strokes that capture water's turbulent motion. Leonardo's hydrodynamic studies reveal his obsession with understanding nature's mechanics, bridging art and proto-scientific observation during the Renaissance.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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