Leonardo's notebooks
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed arguably the greatest mind the world has ever known. Artist, draftsman, inventor, and philosopher, his contributions to modern society are profound and wide-reaching. Throughout his life, Leonardo kept dozens of notebooks, elegant studies on topics ranging from architecture to botany to philosophy--indeed nearly anything of which the human imagination could conceive. This book collects a variety of the most fascinating of these studies and compiles them i…
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- Full title :Leonardo's notebooks / Leonardo da Vinci ; edited by H. Anna Suh.
Summary
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed arguably the greatest mind the world has ever known. Artist, draftsman, inventor, and philosopher, his contributions to modern society are profound and wide-reaching. Throughout his life, Leonardo kept dozens of notebooks, elegant studies on topics ranging from architecture to botany to philosophy--indeed nearly anything of which the human imagination could conceive. This book collects a variety of the most fascinating of these studies and compiles them into one volume that demystifies his insights and clearly illustrates his ideas, experiments, and observations with hundreds of his original sketches, line drawings, and paintings. Topics include Anatomy and the Movement of the Human Figure; Botany and Landscape; Engineering and Military Engineering; Physical Sciences; Aerodynamics and Flight; Geography--and more.--From publisher description.
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- Publication Date:c2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Black Dog & Leventhal
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:c2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (334 pages : : illustrations)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1579124577, 9781579124571, 1579125212, 9781579125219, 9781603763370, 1603763376
- oclc:on1194429705
- LC Classification:N6923.L33
- Dewey Decimal:709/.2
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