The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci - Two Volume Set Bound in pictorial paper - 1970
by da Vinci, Leonardo
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- Title The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci - Two Volume Set
- Author da Vinci, Leonardo
- Illustrator Illustrated
- Binding Bound in pictorial paper
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good Condition
- Pages 866 pages
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, New York
- Date 1970
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # 707
- ISBN 9780486225722 / 0486225720
- Weight 2.1 lbs (0.95 kg)
- Dimensions 10.7 x 7.9 x 0.87 in (27.18 x 20.07 x 2.21 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Leonardo - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 72104981
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect--Leonardo da Vinci 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 in both Italian and English, as are 186 plates of manuscript pages and many other drawings reproduced in facsimile size.
The first volume, which contains all of Leonardo's writings on aspects of painting, includes discussions of such basic scientific areas as the structure of the eye and vision, perspective, the science of light and shade, the perspective of disappearance, theory of color, perspective of color, proportions and movements of the human figure, botany for painters, and the elements of landscape painting. A section on the practice of painting includes moral precepts for painters and writings on composition, materials, and the philosophy of art.
A selection of philosophical maxims, morals, polemics, fables, jests, studies in the lives and habits of animals, tales, and prophecies display Leonardo's abilities as a writer and scholar.
