The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: Selected Extracts from the Writings of the Renaissance Genius (Arcturus Silkbound Classics)

McCurdy, Edward; Vinci, Leonardo Da

ISBN 10: 1398825018 / ISBN 13: 9781398825017

Verlag: Sirius, 2023

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers I-9781398825017

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: Selected Extracts from the Writings of the Renaissance Genius (Arcturus Silkbound Classics)
• Verlag: Sirius
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1398825018
• ISBN-13: 9781398825017
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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The incredible notebooks of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci are presented in this luxurious, silkbound volume with gold embossing.

Richly illustrated with more than 50 facsimile images from his notebooks and several of his most famous works of art, including The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci dips into the thousands of pages and several notebooks that he accumulated with his observations on a wide range of subjects, offering an insight into his thoughts and ideas.

Combining Leonardo's famous mirror writing with the most beautifully detailed drawings and sketches, these extracts are divided into three sections - art, science, and design - and cover topics as varied as painting, anatomy, the nature of flight, the scientific method, and the practical concerns of engineering.

The accompanying translations by the renowned Leonardo da Vinci scholar Edward MacCurdy bring to life this polymath and genius who was truly the quintessential 'Renaissance Man'.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Silkbound Classics series brings together deluxe gift editions of literary classics, presented with luxurious silk binding, striking embossed cover designs and full-colour illustrations.

Makes an excellent collector's item.

Leonardo is among the greatest painters in the history of art and as consequence is eternally popular.

He is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived and therefore appeals to people interested in math, art and science.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was one of the most brilliant men of the Italian Renaissance. He was a superb painter, sculptor, architect, as well as a magnificent inventor. His intellectual interests spanned all categories of human knowledge and pioneered designs for inventions such as the parachute, the helicopter and the tank. His work on human anatomy provided the foundation for modern medicine.