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LEONARDO da Vinci: Town plan of Imola

🖼 Town plan of Imola, c. 1502
Pencil, chalk, pen and wash on paper
440 × 602 cm
Vinci, Spain

Geometric precision defines this bird's-eye town plan, rendered in brown ink with mathematical accuracy and radiating streets. Leonardo's revolutionary cartographic method—combining surveying with artistic vision—established modern mapmaking and revealed Renaissance genius beyond painting.

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E. H. Gombrich
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