Notebooks, 2nd Edition
$26.07
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2008
Summary
‘Study me reader, if you find delight in me…Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.’
Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which represent perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. In them he recorded everything that interested him in the world around him, and his study of how things work.
With an artist’s eye and a scientist’s curiosity he studi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199299027 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199299021 |
| Author: | Leonardo da Vinci, Irma A. Richter, Thereza Wells, Martin Kemp |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2008 |
| Weight: | 327g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 129mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
Critics Review
A remarkable insight into the Renaissance mind.
A remarkable insight into the Renaissance mind. * The Guardian. *
Leonardo da Vinci
Irma A. Richter was an artist, translator, and Leonardo scholar.
Thereza Wells is Head of Scientific Analysis at Universal Leonardo.
Martin Kemp is University Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford (Trinity College) and the author of The Oxford History of Western Art and Leonardo.
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