Leonardo (da Vinci)

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.

Leonardo's Notebooks

Martin Kemp

Irma A. Richter

Leonardo da Vinci,

This selection offers a cross-section from the 6,000 surviving sheets that constitute Leonardo's notebooks, including his thoughts on landscape, optics, anatomy, architecture, sculpture, and painting. Fully updated, this new edition includes some 70 line drawings and a Preface by Leonardo expert Martin Kemp.

Notebooks

Simona Cremante

Book Description: 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.

The Complete Works

Leonardo Da Vinci

Kasım Doğan

Sibel Talay

Da Vinci ve saklı not defteri

Barrington Barber

William Wray

From the drawing of the stalk of a lily with a head of flowers, to the well-known "The Proportions of the Human Figure," this volume presents several works culled from the hundreds of drawings that flowed from Leonardo da Vinci's pen and brush. Each work is accompanied by a detailed description to enhance the appreciation of the artist's creation.

Through the Eyes of Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Historisches Museum der Pfalz (Speyer, Germany)

Meinrad Maria Grewenig

Otto Letze

Fedja Anzelewsky

Tentoonstellingscatalogus van de Italiaanse kunstenaar (1452-1519).

Künstler, Erfinder, Wissenschaftler

الأعمال الأدبية

Selections from the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

Pamela Taylor

A New Selection by Pamela Taylor

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

H. Anna Suh

Cuadernos

Martin Clayton

Ronald Philo

"This publication accompanies the Royal Collection exhibition to be shown at The Queen's Gallery, 4 May-7 October 2012"--T.p. verso.

Leonardo Da Vinci, Anatomist

Kenneth Clark

Clark's study of Leonardo is generally considered the clearest introduction available to the work of the controversial genius. This edition contains 128 plates, integrated into the text; a revised list of dates; an updated bibliography; and a new introduction.

Revised Edition

Donald Sassoon

A narrative history of how Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa came to be the most famous in the world - and one of the most powerful cultural icons of our time. What has made the Mona Lisa the most famous picture in the world? Why is it that, of all the 6000 paintings in the Louvre, it is the only one to be exhibited in a special box, set in concrete and protected by two sheets of bulletproof glass? Why do thousands of visitors throng to see it every day, ignoring the masterpieces which surround it?

The History of the World's Most Famous Painting

Mona Lisa

A Treatise on Painting

A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo Da Vinci. Faithfully Translated from the Original Italian, and Now First Digested Under Proper Heads, by John Francis Rigaud, Esq. Academician of the Royal Academy of Painting at London, and Also of the Academia Clementina at Bologna, and the Royal Academy at Stockholm. Illustrated with Twenty-three Copper-plates, and Other Figures. To which is Prefixed a New Life of the Author, Drawn Up from Authentic Materials Now Inaccessible, by John Sidney Hawkins, Esq. F.A.S.

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Federico Castelli Gattinara

This famous fresco by Leonardo da Vinci was painted on the wall of the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. A beautiful reproduction of the memorable Italian Renaissance painting is presented and described in this attractive miniature book, which does double duty as a framed picture! The front cover shows the painting in a faithful, miniaturized full-color reproduction, and the book's extra-sturdy slipcase is designed so it can be used as a picture frame. The slipcase can be stood up on a desk or tabletop with a pull-out tab, to present a framed picture. A second tab serves for those who prefer to use their Miniature Art Book as a wall hanging. But taken out of its slipcase, the book features 21 pages of color-illustrated text on glossy, card stock. The artist's life and work is discussed with attention to significant features in the title painting. The book's last two pages present a capsule timeline biography of the artist and his works.

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