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Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Illustrated)

Name: Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Illustrated)
Author: Leonardo Da Vinci
ISBN: 9781453772072

by Leonardo Da Vinci, Jean Paul Richter (Translator)

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Overview

Volume 2 of 2-volume set. Total of 1,566 extracts reveal full range of Leonardo’s versatile genius: his writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, mining, inventions, music. Dual Italian-English texts, with 186 plates, plus faithful reproductions of more than 500 additional drawings.

Synopsis

This edition includes the complete notebooks (volume one and two). Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. With an artist's eye and a scientist's curiosity, he recorded in these pages his observations on the movement of water and the formation of rocks, the nature of flight and optics, anatomy, architecture, sculpture, and painting. He jotted down fables, epigrams, 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.