H. Anna Suh: Leonardo'S Notebooks: Writing and Art of the Great Master

Leonardo'S Notebooks: Writing and Art of the Great Master


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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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Author: H. Anna Suh
Number of Pages: 448 pages
Published Date: 24 Sep 2013
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781579129460
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