Volume 1 of 2-volume set. Total of 1,566 extracts includes writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, mining, inventions, music. Dual Italian-English texts, with 186 plates plus over 500 additional drawings.
A compilation of da Vinci's most fascinating studies, this monumental volume demystifies his insights and clearly illustrates his ideas, experiments, and observations with hundreds of his original sketches, line drawings, and paintings.
Volume 1 of 2-volume set. Total of 1,566 extracts includes writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, mining, inventions, music. Dual Italian-English texts, with 186 plates plus over 500 additional drawings.
This selection reveals a true Renaissance man, whose habit of rigorous enquiry, observation, and experiment, grounded in a philosophic system, led him to conceive of the universe as an organized cosmos corresponding to a work of art.
A representative selection of Leonardo's various achievements: drawings of plants, landscapes, human face and figure, and more, as well as studies for "The Last Supper" and more. 60 illustrations.
For everyone who has read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, here is an exceptional insight into da Vinci's inner world, in his own words and images --a dazzling array of invention and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilization.
The much overused word genius aptly describes only a few people in the history of civilisation. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) unquestionably belongs in this elite group. Anyone who has looked in amazement at the "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", or the many drawings that sprang from his fertile imagination may wonder how he accomplished these ...
This book is an anthology of writings by Leonardo da Vinci, with a selection of documents relating to his career as an artist. This book is an invaluable reference work for art historians as well as for anyone interested in the mind and methods of one of the world's greatest creative geniuses.
The woman in Leonardo da Vinci's work gazes out from the canvas with a quiet serenity. But what lies behind the famous smile? Shrouded in mystery, the Mona Lisa has attracted more speculation and questioning than any other work of art ever created. This work provides an "aide memoire" of the world's most famous painting. The full-page colour ...
Some of Leonardo da Vinci's thoughts on anatomy, motions and emotions, historical compositions, draperies, color, and landscapes are presented from his notebooks. Da Vinci's illustrations accompany text.
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.
Here are clear reproductions of over 1,200 anatomical drawings by one of humanity's greatest geniuses -- still considered, nearly five centuries later, the finest ever rendered. 215 plates.
The first paperback edition of a collection of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings, first published by Cape in 1946, with a new edition in 1973, and including a new introduction by Martin Kemp.
Including CNE examples and hands-on exercises, this study guide for NetWare 5 addresses each course objective following the order approved by Novell Education. The accompanying CD-ROMs feature the interactive training system for the CNE and include a single client/server version of Netware 5.
These volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. This finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience.
'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 ...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays. Los lectores tomaran un gran placer en descubrir los clasicos con estas bellas y economicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta ...
Through this collection, readers will enjoy the lighter side of da Vinci and see that not only was he a master artist and inventor, but an original storyteller who entertained his patrons during court festivities by sharing stories, jests, riddles, and magic tricks.
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