Leonardo's Notebooks - Softcover

Leonardo Da Vinci

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579128173 ISBN 13: 9781579128173

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

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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About the Author:

Leonardo da Vinci is recognized as the quintessential Renaissance Man. A great painter, he was equally prodigious in the fields of architecture, engineering, anatomy, and physical science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1579128173
• ISBN 13: 9781579128173
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: H. Anna Suh