- Paperback: 396 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications; New edition edition (Jun 1 1970)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0486225720
- ISBN-13: 978-0486225722
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 20.1 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 953 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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"This is an excellent selection, with a lot of breadth and depth!"--F.W. Blackwell, Washington State Univ.
"Excellent text for intermediate and upper level courses on the arts and man. Selections are adequate and edited well. Leonardo's ideas are difficult but the translations and brief commentaries at the beginning of each section are helpful to the student and make these ideals accessible to the average student."--Orville V. Clark, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay
"Excellent introduction to one of the most complex aspects of Leonardo's art."--Norman Land, University of Missouri
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Volume 1 of 2-volume set. Total of 1,566 extracts reveal full range of Leonardo's versatile genius: his writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, mining, inventions, music. Dual Italian-English texts, with 186 plates and faithful reproductions of more than 500 additional drawings.
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Consider now, O reader! what trust can we place in the ancients, who tried to define what the Soul and Life are-which are beyond proof-whereas those things which can at any time be clearly known and proved by experience remained for many centuries unknown or falsely understood. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Consider now, O reader! what trust can we place in the ancients, who tried to define what the Soul and Life are-which are beyond proof-whereas those things which can at any time be clearly known and proved by experience remained for many centuries unknown or falsely understood. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Da Vinci was a genius before his time,
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This review is from: Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Hardcover)
Leonardo was born in the Tuscan town of Vinci on April 15, 1452. He was a scientist before there was science, an inventor whose ideas outstripped the technology of his time, and a famous artist who produced the most valuable and recognized painting in the world. His career was one in which he would create some of the most famous paintings in the world, including perhaps the most-widely recognized and most highly valuable painting of all time, the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci was more than just an artist, however. He was also interested in science, anatomy and architecture. His sketchbooks, filled with his ideas for inventions, stunned the world when they were found centuries after his death.Leonardo recorded his observations about nature, architecture and anatomy into his sketchbooks. Apparently Leonardo started keeping a sketchbook to improve the quality of his paintings. He would dissect human and animal bodies to better understand how the muscles and bones inside shaped the skin. His books contained almost 200 carefully-drawn anatomical pictures of the human body. He also went into the countryside and studied the features of plants and the geology of rocks, recording them in his sketchbook. These fine details later emerged in some of his most famous paintings. Over his career, though, these sketchbooks became more than just ways to improve his art. They were filled with pictures and notes attesting to Leonardo's wide variety of interests and his depth of understanding. Many of the pages included ideas for inventions. Some were improvements to existing machines, others were wholly new and ranged from a primitive tank to a human powered flying machine. Leonado spent his last few years in comfort. His duties for the King were light and they would spend long hours in conversation. He stayed in the King's service until his death on May 2, 1519 at the age of 67. Help raise awareness; support cancer research!
3.0 out of 5 stars
ok, worth it cuz its cheap,
By K-TRON "hexag1" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
This book is worth the money 'cuz its so cheap. The reproducions arent really that good, and there are some problems of provenance: the cover drawing attributed to Leonardo, but it is by his master/teacher Verrocchio.
5.0 out of 5 stars
drawing enthusiast...don't buy it,
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This review is from: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
if you are a Da Vinch zealot, you should have it. but, if you need some drawings to study or copy it. don't buy it. the quality of print is not that good, there's a bunch of Da Vinch's memos though...i doubt it's useful for a drawing enthusiast..pretty sure that it's invaluable for people who are studying "Da VinchSTICS".
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