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The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: Selected Extracts from the Writings of the Renaissance Genius
The incredible notebooks of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci are presented in this luxurious, clothbound volume with gold embossing.
Richly illustrated with more than 50 facsimile images from his notebooks and several of his most famous works of art, including The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa , The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci dips into the thousands of pages and several notebooks that he accumulated with his observations on a wide range of subjects, offering an insight into his thoughts and ideas.
Combining Leonardo's famous mirror writing with the most beautifully detailed drawings and sketches, these extracts are divided into three sections - art, science, and design - and cover topics as varied as painting, anatomy, the nature of flight, the scientific method, and the practical concerns of engineering.
The accompanying translations by the renowned Leonardo da Vinci scholar Edward MacCurdy bring to life this polymath and genius who was truly the quintessential 'Renaissance Man'.
Richly illustrated with more than 50 facsimile images from his notebooks and several of his most famous works of art, including The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa , The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci dips into the thousands of pages and several notebooks that he accumulated with his observations on a wide range of subjects, offering an insight into his thoughts and ideas.
Combining Leonardo's famous mirror writing with the most beautifully detailed drawings and sketches, these extracts are divided into three sections - art, science, and design - and cover topics as varied as painting, anatomy, the nature of flight, the scientific method, and the practical concerns of engineering.
The accompanying translations by the renowned Leonardo da Vinci scholar Edward MacCurdy bring to life this polymath and genius who was truly the quintessential 'Renaissance Man'.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published March 7, 2023
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November 17, 2022
Completely loved the first half of the book (or more), which was all about art and the human anatomy, but didn't care at all from when he started talking about the physics of light and sun and darkness until (unfortunately) he began talking about the designs of the machines that he invented; I wish I had the understanding of an engineer, but, alas, I flipped through pages until the book ended.
June 16, 2025
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" - Leonardo Da Vinci
it is a new experience to read this book, it kinda interesting that he actually writing things about the way he paint/draw very detail, i get some point and feel so relatable but mostly i just lost.
it is a new experience to read this book, it kinda interesting that he actually writing things about the way he paint/draw very detail, i get some point and feel so relatable but mostly i just lost.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews