Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive.
Leon Battista AlbertiI will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.
Leon Battista Alberti