Author: Rosalind OrmistonPublisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780857231505
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A fascinating biography of the Renaissance artist and inventor, and gallery of paintings and drawings.
The Life and Works of Leonardo Da Vinci
Author: Rosalind OrmistonPublisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780857231505
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A fascinating biography of the Renaissance artist and inventor, and gallery of paintings and drawings.
The Life and Works of Leonardo Da Vinci
Author: Linda DoeserPublisher:
ISBN: 9781858136165
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A brief biography of Leonardo Da Vinci plus 50 paintings with extended captions which explain the background, significance, and the work's position in the total collection of the artist's work.
Leonardo da Vinci
Author: Walter IsaacsonPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501139177
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker). Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history’s most creative genius. In the “luminous” (Daily Beast) Leonardo da Vinci, Isaacson describes how Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and, like talented rebels in any era, to think different. Here, da Vinci “comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacson’s ambitious new biography…a vigorous, insightful portrait” (The Washington Post).
Leonardo da Vinci
Author: Allison Lee PalmerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538119781
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Leonardo da Vinci: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works covers all aspects of his life and work, beginning with his paintings, including several he never completed, that form the core of his artistic oeuvre. The extensive A to Z section includes several hundred entries. The bibliography provides a comprehensive list of publications concerning his life and work Includes a detailed chronology detailing Leonardo Da Vinci’s life, family, and work. The A to Z section includes Leonardo’s main patrons, the major places he worked, and the artists and scholars whose work and ideas played an important role in the formation of his career. The bibliography includes a list of publications concerning his life and work. The index thoroughly cross-references the chronological and encyclopedic entries.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Author: Laura Layton StromPublisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780531177716
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A short look at the life of a genius.
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci
Author: Giorgio VasariLeonardo Da Vinci
Author: Martin ClaytonPublisher: Royal Collection Trust
ISBN: 9781909741034
Category : Anatomy, Artistic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in hardback 2012 by Royal Collection Trust".-Title page verso.
The Treasures of Leonardo Da Vinci
Author: Matthew LandrusPublisher: Andre Deutsch Limited
ISBN: 9780233004464
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This unique and authoritative guide to the world's most intriguing artist is published in time for the opening of what will surely be one of the biggest blockbuster movies of 2006--"The Da Vinci Code." 200 illustrations. 64-page slipcased book with more than 30 individual pieces of removable memorabilia inside. Consumable.
Leonardo Da Vinci. Il Codice Leicester
Author: Domenico LaurenzaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788809873513
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Leonardo da Vinci
Author: Pietro C. MaraniPublisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419740671
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offers a portrait of the artist, covering his life, creative process, and his art, presented in more than 295 illustrations that span the length and breadth of his career.