Download or read book Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Masterpieces of Art written by Susan Grange and published by Flame Tree Illustrated. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonardo da Vinci was the original Renaissance Man, an artist, mathematician, inventor and writer amongst his many talents. His skilful observations of the mechanics of the body informed both his work, and the generations that followed. But his drawings are elegant too, with the gentle features of his female subjects in particular graced with unrivalled care and eloquence. Da Vinci's illustrations lie at the heart of our heritage and this new book offers a breadth and scale that will satisfy both the casual and informed reader.
Download or read book Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Masterpieces of Art written by Susan Grange and published by Flame Tree Illustrated. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonardo da Vinci was the original Renaissance Man, an artist, mathematician, inventor and writer amongst his many talents. His skilful observations of the mechanics of the body informed both his work, and the generations that followed. But his drawings are elegant too, with the gentle features of his female subjects in particular graced with unrivalled care and eloquence. Da Vinci's illustrations lie at the heart of our heritage and this new book offers a breadth and scale that will satisfy both the casual and informed reader.
Download or read book 150 Masterpieces of Drawing written by and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-page reproductions of drawings from the early 15th century to the end of the 18th century, all beautifully reproduced: Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Dürer, Fragonard, Urs Graf, Wouwerman, and many others.
Download or read book Leonardo da Vinci Masterworks written by Rosalind Ormiston and published by Flame Tree Illustrated. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For lovers of art history, this lavishly illustrated and well-written book is an absolute gem." – Italia! Magazine Leonardo da Vinci was the epitome of the Renaissance humanist ideal, a logical polymath of epic proportions who excelled and had interests not just in art but in invention, anatomy, architecture, engineering, literature, mathematics, music, science, astronomy and more. His oeuvre is astounding and he is rightly famed for his masterpieces of painting such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and his astonishingly technical and graceful drawings. The phenomenon that was Leonardo would not of course have flourished to such an extent had it not been for the patronage and sponsorship of the Medici family, who commissioned a large proportion of the art and architecture of the era and fostered a fertile climate for creativity. This sumptuous new book offers a broader view of this master artist in the context of this environment, alongside the work of other key artists who benefited from the Medicis, from Brunelleschi through Donatello to Michelangelo and Raphael.
Download or read book Leonardo Da Vinci Master Draftsman written by Leonardo (da Vinci) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2003 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handsome book offers a unified and fascinating portrait of Leonardo as draftsman, integrating his roles as artist, scientist, inventor, theorist, and teacher. 250 illustrations.
Download or read book Leonardo Da Vinci written by Don Nardo and published by Lucent Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the life and art of Leonardo da Vinci.
Download or read book Discovering Leonardo written by Rebecca Tucker and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2011 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fine art book with a design twist identifies, decodes, and explains symbols hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's works, using die-cut windows to enhance the experience of truly appreciating each masterpiece. Discover the secret symbols and meanings behind seventy-five featured drawings and paintings in this unique volume celebrating Leonardo da Vinci. This book's innovative design pairs each painting with a page of die-cut windows that help the reader focus on specific aspects of each piece of art, and it features captions that highlight the most important symbols. Also included are carefully selected comparative works from da Vinci's contemporaries to offer contextual perspective. Learn the secrets behind such famous paintings as Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, as well as Adoration of the Magi, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, and many more. Each work featured in Discovering Leonardo: The Art Lover's Guide to Understanding Da Vinci's Masterpieces tells a story that becomes more fascinating as layer upon layer of symbolic meaning is revealed.
Download or read book The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci Illustrations written by Leonardo da Vinci and published by GEORGE NEWNES LIMITED. This book was released on 1907 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonardo da Vinci found in drawing the readiest and most stimulating way of self-expression. The use of pen and crayon came to him as naturally as the monologue to an eager and egoistic talker. The outline designs in his "Treatise on Painting" aid and amplify the text with a force that is almost unknown in modern illustrated books. Open the pages at random. Here is a sketch showing "the greatest twist which a man can make in turning to look at himself behind." The accompanying text is hardly needed. The drawing supplies all that Leonardo wished to convey. Unlike Velasquez, whose authentic drawings are almost negligible, pen, pencil, silver-point, or chalk were rarely absent from Leonardo's hand, and although, in face of the Monna Lisa and The Virgin of the Rocks and the St. Anne, it is an exaggeration to say that he would have been quite as highly esteemed had none of his work except the drawings been preserved, it is in the drawings that we realise the extent of "that continent called Leonardo." The inward-smiling women of the pictures, that have given Leonardo as painter a place apart in the painting hierarchy, appear again and again in the drawings. And in the domain of sculpture, where Leonardo also triumphed, although nothing modelled by his hand now remains, we read in Vasari of certain "heads of women smiling." "His spirit was never at rest," says Antonio Billi, his earliest biographer, "his mind was ever devising new things." The restlessness of that profound and soaring mind is nowhere so evident as in the drawings and in the sketches that illustrate the manuscripts. Nature, in lavishing so many gifts upon him, perhaps withheld concentration, although it might be argued that, like the bee, he did not leave a flower until all the honey or nourishment he needed was withdrawn. He begins a drawing on a sheet of paper, his imagination darts and leaps, and the paper is soon covered with various designs. Upon the margins of his manuscripts he jotted down pictorial ideas. Between the clauses of the "Codex Atlanticus" we find an early sketch for his lost picture of Leda. The world at large to-day reverences him as a painter, but to Leonardo painting was but a section of the full circle of life. Everything that offered food to the vision or to the brain of man appealed to him. In the letter that he wrote to the Duke of Milan in 1482, offering his services, he sets forth, in detail, his qualifications in engineering and military science, in constructing buildings, in conducting water from one place to another, beginning with the clause, "I can construct bridges which are very light and strong and very portable." Not until the end of this long letter does he mention the fine arts, contenting himself with the brief statement, "I can further execute sculpture in marble, bronze, or clay, also in painting I can do as much as any one else, whoever he be." Astronomy, optics, physiology, geology, botany, he brought his mind to bear upon all. Indeed, he who undertakes to write upon Leonardo is dazed by the range of his activities. He was military engineer to Caesar Borgia; he occupied himself with the construction of hydraulic works in Lombardy; he proposed to raise the Baptistery of San Giovanni at Florence; he schemed to connect the Loire by an immense canal with the Saone; he experimented with flying-machines; and his early biographers testify to his skill as a musician. Painting and modelling he regarded but as a moiety of his genius. He spared no labour over a creation that absorbed him. Matteo Bandello, a member of the convent of Santa Maria della Grazie, gives the following account of his method when engaged upon The Last Supper. "He was wont, as I myself have often seen, to mount the scaffolding early in the morning and work until the approach of night, and in the interest of painting he forgot both meat and drink. To be continue in this ebook...
Download or read book Masters of Art written by Jack Wasserman and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2003-11-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents and discusses drawings and paintings by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci including "The Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper," lesser-known works, and selections from his notebooks, and features forty full-color plates.
Download or read book Leonardo Drawings written by Leonardo (da Vinci) and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1980-05-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 60 drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Download or read book Leonardo Da Vinci 1452 1519 written by Frank Zöllner and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2000 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life and work of the renowned painter, scientist, and philosopher of the Renaissance period.
Download or read book The Leonardo da Vinci Sketchbook written by Leonardo Da Vinci and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master of art, science, philosophy, architecture and much more, Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance Man. While many of his works were left unfinished or have badly deteriorated, his drawings and words preserve his genius and remain a critical resource for artists today. Delve into one of history's greatest minds to be guided and inspired by his works and wisdom in The Leonardo da Vinci Sketchbook. From anatomical studies to tonal compositions, master essential techniques, principles and subjects. Pour over the most compelling details of Leonardo's work and follow the guidance within to become a master artist.
Download or read book THE DRAWINGS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI 49 pen and ink sketches and studies by the Master Artist written by Leonardo Da Vinci and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is intended for all art-lovers and students of art anywhere in the world. Words are not required to describe the beauty of these drawings, their splendour speaks volumes instead. Herein you will find 49 pen and ink illustrations by the Master of all artists - Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519), including a self portrait. A comprehensive introduction to this volume is provided by Charles Lewis Hind founder and editor of The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art and was later editor of The Academy. The illustrations in this volume are: Profile Of A Warrior Portrait Of Isabella d’Este Study Of An Old Man Study Of Draperies For Kneeling Figures Study Of A Bacchus Head Of A Man Battle Between Horsemen And Monsters Woman Seated On Ground And Child Kneeling Studies Of Heads Youth On Horseback Studies For The Equestrian Statue Of Francesco Sforza The Virgin, St. Anne And Infant Studies Of Children The Combat Study For A Madonna Studies For "The Holy Family" Studies For "The Last Supper" Courtyard Of A Cannon-Foundry Study Of The Head Of An Apostle Study For Background Of "The Adoration Of The Magi" Study Of Landscape Study Of A Tree Two Heads Caricatures St. John The Baptist The Head Of Christ Caricatures Head Of An Angel Study Of A Man's Head Studies Of Hands Dragon Fighting With A Lion Man Kneeling Portrait Study Studies Of Animals Portrait Of Leonardo, By Himself Six Heads Of Men And A Bust Of A Woman Study Of A Head The St. Anne Cartoon Studies Of Horses Heads Of A Woman And A Child Study Of Drapery For A Kneeling Figure Knight In Armour Study Of A Youthful Head Study For "Leda" Head Of An Old Man Study Of A Head Study Of The Head Of St. Philip For "The Last Supper" Study Of Drapery Girl's Head Studies Of A Satyr With A Lion ============= KEYWORDS: Leonardo, da Vinci, pen and ink, drawings, illustrations, study, studies, portrait, Portrait Of Isabella D’este, Old Man, Draperies, Kneeling Figures, Bacchus, Head, Battle, Horsemen, Monsters, Woman, Seated, Ground, Child Kneeling, Youth, Horseback, Equestrian Statue, Francesco Sforza, Virgin, St. Anne, Infant, Children, Combat, Madonna, Holy, Family, The Last Supper, Courtyard, Cannon-Foundry, Apostle, Background, Adoration, Magi, Landscape, Tree, Caricatures, St. John The Baptist, Christ, Angel, Hands, Dragon, Fighting, Lion, Portrait, Animals, Six Heads, Bust, Woman, Cartoon, Drapery, Figure, Knight, Armour, Leda, St. Philip, Girl, Satyr
Download or read book Leonardo Da Vinci written by Matthew Landrus and published by Andre Deutsch. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art, sketches, designs and writings of da Vinci are accompanied by detailed commentary written by an authoritative expert.
Download or read book Leonardo Da Vinci 1452 1519 written by Frank Zollner and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on Painting written by Leonardo (da Vinci) and published by . This book was released on 1802 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci written by Charles Lewis Hind and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci by Charles Lewis Hind
