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Sunday, September 13, 2020

Call me Leonardo

 

Though Leonardo da Vinci is my hero of all times, I wasn´t much inspired to make a card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge, but then I thought he should have an opportunity to tell people that his name is not da Vinci but Leonardo - just that. Or Leonardo da Vinci which means Leonardo from Vinci. Vinci is a little village in the hills of Tuscany, and this is where he was born (believe me, I´ve been there), but last names hadn´t been invented at that time, and to make it easier, people were called after their birth places if these were known. As Gottfrid von Straßburg is just Gottfrid and Walther von der Vogelweide is just Walther, Leonardo is just Leonardo, and isn´t that enough for a genius?


8 comments:

Michele said...

this is a beautiful college of Leonardo's images and thank you for the reminder about his name! xo

katrin said...

Tolle Motive & natürlich ganz GROSSARTIG umgesetzt!
Schöben Sonntag für dich! :-)))

Rika said...

Eine sehr schöne Karte!

Rosie said...

Ein brilliantes Werk, liebe Marion. Danke für's Mitmachen.

Ich wünsche Dir noch einen schönen Sonntag.

Deann said...

A gorgeous card...well done.

peggy gatto said...

Clever you! What fun!

NanaDiana said...

Well, I never knew that about DaVinci's name! Oh! The things I learn here.

Thanks for playing along on the Pick Your Favorite table game.

Would you mind giving me your direct email addy? I promise not to spam you! lol
You can send it to dianakos1@gmail.com
If you aren't comfortable doing that-it's okay! Hugs- Diana

The Styling said...

Remarkable visual. Thanks for sharing it, and the Vinci reveal, too.