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Leonardo Da Vinci is considered to be one of the greatest painters
of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to
have lived, responsible for the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The
Madonna of the Carnation and Vitruvian Man. Leonardo was an Italian
Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician,
scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist,
cartographer, botanist, and writer, and this captivating book
provides the reader with a unique insight into the life and work of
one of history's most intriguing figures. All of Leonardo Da
Vinci's work is presented in this compact volume - from his
paintings and frescos, to detailed reproductions of his remarkable
encrypted notebooks. As well as featuring each individual artwork,
sections of each are shown in isolation to reveal incredible
details - for example, the different levels of perspective between
the background sections of the Mona Lisa, and the disembodied hand
in The Last Supper. 640 pages of colour artworks and photographs of
Da Vinci's original notebooks, accompanied by fascinating
biographical and historical details are here.
A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps
the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time
as the painter of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor and
an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of
both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. His
celebrated notebooks display the astonishing range of his genius.
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and recent in-depth biographies have
stimulated renewed interest in Leonardo and his complex and
enquiring intelligence. This brand-new selection of sketches,
diagrams and writings from the notebooks is a beautiful and varied
record of Leonardo's theories and observations, embracing not only
art but also architecture, town planning, engineering, naval
warfare, music, medicine, mathematics, science and philosophy.
Complete with a short biographical essay describing Leonardo's life
and achievements, this is the perfect introduction to a mysterious
and endlessly fascinating genius.
Master of art, science, philosophy, architecture and much more,
Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance Man. While
many of his works were left unfinished or have badly deteriorated,
his drawings and words preserve his genius and remain a critical
resource for artists today. Delve into one of history's greatest
minds to be guided and inspired by his works and wisdom in The
Leonardo da Vinci Sketchbook. From anatomical studies to tonal
compositions, master essential techniques, principles and subjects.
Pour over the most compelling details of Leonardo's work and follow
the guidance within to become a master artist.
An all-new, jewel-like, reader-friendly format gives new life to
this relaunch of an international best-seller.Leonardo da
Vinci?artist, inventor, and prototypical Renaissance man?is a
perennial source of fascination because of his astonishing
intellect and boundless curiosity about the natural and man-made
world. During his life he created numerous works of art and kept
voluminous notebooks that detailed his artistic and intellectual
pursuits.The collection of writings and art in this magnificent
book are drawn from his notebooks. The book organizes his wide
range of interests into subjects such as human figures, light and
shade, perspective and visual perception, anatomy, botany and
landscape, geography, the physical sciences and astronomy,
architecture, sculpture, and inventions. Nearly every piece of
writing throughout the book is keyed to the piece of artwork it
describes.The writing and art is selected by art historian H. Anna
Suh, who provides fascinating commentary and insight into the
material, making Leonardo's Notebooks an exquisite single-volume
compendium celebrating his enduring genius.
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Prophecies (Paperback)
Leonardo Da Vinci; Translated by J.G. Nichols
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Found in the Codex Atlanticus of Leonardo da Vinci's writings and
drawings, `The Prophecies' are a collection of enigmatic divinatory
pronouncements, some punning and playful, others dire and ominous.
While the author's intentions behind these utterances are unclear,
they clearly attest to the artist's fevered and troubled
imagination and offer a glimpse into a world very similar to that
depicted in his lost painting The Battle of Anghiari. This volume
also contains a further selection of Leonardo da Vinci's
fragmentary writings, in the form of fables and aphorisms. Taken
together, these pieces provide an invaluable insight into the
thought processes of one of the Renaissance's most productive
minds.
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Notebooks (Paperback, New)
Leonardo Da Vinci; Selected by Irma A. Richter; Edited by Thereza Wells; Preface by Martin Kemp
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'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see
the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.' Most of
what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his
notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which
represent perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. In them
he recorded everything that interested him in the world around him,
and his study of how things work. With an artist's eye and a
scientist's curiosity he studied the movement of water and the
formation of rocks, the nature of flight and optics, anatomy,
architecture, sculpture, and painting. He jotted down fables and
letters and developed his belief in the sublime unity of nature and
man. Through his notebooks we can get an insight into Leonardo's
thoughts, and his approach to work and life. This selection offers
a cross-section of his writings, organized around coherent themes.
Fully updated, this new edition includes some 70 line drawings and
a Preface by Martin Kemp, one of the world's leading authorities on
Leonardo. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
Classics has made available the widest range of literature from
around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Using scientific methods in his investigations of the human body --
the first ever by an artist -- da Vinci was able to produce
remarkably accurate depictions of the "ideal" human figure. This
exceptional collection reprints 59 of his sketches of the skeleton,
skull, upper and lower extremities, human embryos, and other
subjects.
Aunque el Tratado de pintura de Leonardo da Vinci no fue impreso
hasta el siglo XVIII, los fragmentarios manuscritos que para
componerlo reunieron sus primeros escritores habian circulado
profusamente por Europa y suscitado la admirada curiosidad de
artistas y eruditos. El Tratado es obra de las empresas imposibles
de Leonardo, un fracaso mas de los que, por muy dispares caminos,
se cebaron en su empeno de refundir todas las formulaciones
empiricas y todos los topicos conceptuosos del Renacimiento y
ordenarlos en una sistema universal. Toda edicion del Tratado debe
entenderselas con la dificultad de evocar esta vision y ese
fracaso, seleccionando y combinando textos y dibujos, dificultad
que no habia sido salvada con acierto en las publicaciones
existentes en lengua castellana. La version que presentamos viene,
pues, a cumplir una implazable exigencia de la bibliografia
artistica espanola.
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