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I don't interpret his quote to say that poetry or music are less than art... as he is specifically referring to the representation of "visible things" and lets face it... poetry and music certainly are more ethereal and a less literal interp of visual things, and in fact most poetry and music is not interpretive of "visual things" at all -- usually more emotive.  Also it is important to remember that at the time DaVinci was active, visual art was intended to be a very realistic interpretation of reality.  If he were alive to see the Impressionist movement and certainly any of the Post Impressionist era, he would most certainly have a different point of view relative to this statement and likely would not have thought very highly of such modern artists.