🎨 Afternoon Art Critic #4: Leonardo da Vinci
👂 Stereolab – Instant Holograms on Metal Film
🥃 Straight Fernet
Okay look, we’re doing the masters first. I know it’s basic. I know Leonardo’s been analyzed to death by art historians, film bros, conspiracy theorists, and kids with Ninja Turtle posters. But I’m not an art critic—I’m just vibing.
So today’s thread is on Da Vinci, sourced (mostly) from Wikipedia, and filtered through the lens of someone who believes Tim Gane might be a modern Renaissance man. If Leonardo made music in the 20th/21st century, it’d probably sound a lot like avant-pop—meticulous, layered, full of weird little mechanized flourishes. Which brings us to today’s album: Stereolab’s Instant Holograms on Metal Film. Put it on, let it glitch your brain a bit.
https://open.spotify.com/album/5nS7jRCPubnZF0OsXEM0D7?si=dYSqSbf4QF65gg_zLhxGig
For the sip: straight Fernet. Bitter. Minty. Sweet. Unapologetically herbal. It’s what I’d pour Da Vinci if he walked into the bar—part tonic, part dare.
Let’s get into it.🧵
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📜 1. Landscape of the Arno Valley (1473)
Pen and ink. Possibly Da Vinci’s first dated work.
Funny to think of this as a casual doodle. But look—rocky cliffs, winding roads, a river threading through like an afterthought. You can almost taste the vineyards in the distance (or at least I pretend they’re grapes).
Serene, scribbly, and already better than most artists ever get. Man was built different.
🧵 Little thread maintenance:
This started as one continuous journey but I messed up threading midway through.
If you want to follow the full order:
2️⃣ Portrait of a Musician (oops, orphaned) https://mastodon.social/@wittgensteinmonster/115125914696534214
3️⃣ Map of Imola (rest of thread begins here)
https://mastodon.social/@wittgensteinmonster/115125777270081197
Thanks for bearing with the chaos.
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