Leonardo da Vinci [electronic resource] : the marvellous works of nature and man / Martin Kemp.
2006
N6923.L33 K45 2006eb
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Leonardo da Vinci [electronic resource] : the marvellous works of nature and man / Martin Kemp.
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Rev. ed.
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9780191517679 (electronic bk.)
0192807250
9780192807250
0192807250
9780192807250
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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English
Description
1 online resource (xxix, 381 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.)
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N6923.L33 K45 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
709.2
Summary
"This account provides an insight into the development of Leonardo da Vinci's intellect and artistic vision. Taking us on a journey through the entire span of his career, it is a unique 'cultural biography', looking at the nature of Leonardo's art and thought at key stages of his life, and making sense of his manifold and diverse works in terms of the underlying preoccupations and driving forces that they reveal." "From his early training in Florence, through the great works for which he is best known, to the supremely powerful 'Deluge' drawings of his later years, Martin Kemp gives a fully integrated picture of Leonardo's artistic, scientific, and technological achievements." "Covering all areas of his work, and illustrated throughout with over two hundred illustrations including a wide range of Leonardo's private manuscript sketches, Marvellous Works represents the ultimate introduction to this central figure in western art."--Jacket.
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Previous ed: Cambridge Mass. : Harvard, 1981.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-366) and index.
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Table of Contents
I. 'Leonardo da Firenze'
II. The microcosm
III. The exercise of Fantasia
IV. The republic : new battles and old problems
V. The prime mover.
II. The microcosm
III. The exercise of Fantasia
IV. The republic : new battles and old problems
V. The prime mover.