Leonardo Da Vinci in His Own Words

William Wray
193 pages (2005); 39.1MB download
Arcturus Publishing; ISBN: 0-572-03062-2

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We are all familiar with Leonardo da Vinci's great works of art -- the Mona Lisa, Vitruvian Man, The Madonna of the Rocks, to name just a few. These have achieved iconic status. Leonardo's drawings are less well known, largely because they represent such a rich legacy, both in terms of number and subject matter.

Despite the huge output and incomparable quality of his artworks, the man himself remains elusive unless we look more closely at the thinking that informed his art.

This book is the perfect introduction to the man and the artist. Collected from his many notebooks, the written entries capture all aspects of Leonardo's observations of the world around him. Taken together with the beautiful images accompanying the text, they allow unimagined insights into perhaps the most gifted artist of all time.