Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the first flying machine, was one of the great universal geniuses of Western civilization. His voluminous notebooks, the great storehouse of his theories and discoveries, are presented here in 1566 extracts that reveal the full range of Leonardo's versatile interest: all the important writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, astronomy, geography, topography, and other fields are included, in both Italian and English, with 186 plates of...
Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the first ...
Leonardo ist schon zu Lebzeiten berhmt und ist seitdem immer berhmt geblieben. Das besondere Interesse an ihm ist aber erst in den 1880er Jahren wieder aufgeflammt und war mit enorm viel Arbeit und Schwierigkeiten verbunden. Das Sichten der riesigen Menge an Material, das Fehlen von Orientierungshilfen und nicht zuletzt das Entziffern von Leonardos winziger Spiegelschrift, in der er seineAufzeichnungen schrieb. Bis dahin war er fast ausschlielich als Maler bekannt und erst ab dann wurde er als Persnlichkeit mit grten intellektuellen Fhigkeiten erkannt.
Leonardo ist schon zu Lebzeiten berhmt und ist seitdem immer berhmt geblieben. Das besondere Interesse an ihm ist aber erst in den 1880er Jahren wiede...
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...
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 ...
Provides the reader with an insight into the life and work of one of history's most intriguing figures, Leonardo Da Vinci. Almost all of his work is presented in this volume - from his paintings and frescos, to detailed reproductions of his remarkable encrypted notebooks.
Provides the reader with an insight into the life and work of one of history's most intriguing figures, Leonardo Da Vinci. Almost all of his work is p...
Towering across time as the painter of the "Mona Lisa", forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. This title includes a selection of sketches, diagrams and writings from his notebooks.
Towering across time as the painter of the "Mona Lisa", forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds ...
The cipher has existence for many centuries and has been used since the early Temple builders. More recently it has been recorded in art by such as Leonardo da Vinci and other artists to the bafflement of the acknowledged experts. Without a sound comprehension of the methodology of early civilizations graphically and over the landscape as well as on the ground and in contemporary art no progress is possible. But with this specialised understanding there is no limit to the amazing vista that looms within the mind s of such geniuses as Leonardo da Vinci and is portrayed within the pages of...
The cipher has existence for many centuries and has been used since the early Temple builders. More recently it has been recorded in art by such as L...
