He conceived it to be the painter's duty not only to comment on natural phenomena as restrained by law, but to merge his very mind into that of nature by interpreting its relation with art... The whole world was full of a mystery to him, which his work reflected. The smile of consciousness, pregnant of that which is beyond, illumines the expression of Dino Lisa.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He conceived it to be the painter's duty not only to comment on natural phenomena as restrained by law, but to merge his very mind into that of nature by interpreting its relation with art... The whole world was full of a mystery to him, which his work reflected. The smile of consciousness, pregnant of that which is beyond, illumines the expression of Dino Lisa." in the context of "Mauro Gatti in the introduction to Thoughts on Art and Life, by Leonardo da Vinci, (1906)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.