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<p class="Normal-P" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><span class="Normal-H">Leonardo strives to isolate from the multiplicity of nature&#8217;s manifestations a small number of archetypal geometric forms. These forms, that are priviledged by nature, reflect the working of universal laws of order and proportion. These nature&#8217;s matrixes are considered by him as models not only for his production as an artist but also for his technical and scientific work.</span></p>
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