The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Vol. 1: 001 (Dover Fine by Leonardo da Vinci,Jean Paul Richter

By Leonardo da Vinci,Jean Paul Richter

Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, philosopher, urban planner, storyteller, musician, architect — Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the 1st flying desktop, used to be one of many nice common geniuses of Western civilization. His voluminous notebooks, the good storehouse of his theories and discoveries, are provided the following in 1566 extracts that exhibit the total variety of Leonardo's flexible curiosity: all of the vital writings on portray, sculpture, structure, anatomy, astronomy, geography, topography, and different fields are integrated, in either Italian and English, with 186 plates of manuscript pages and lots of different drawings reproduced in facsimile size.
The first quantity, which includes all of Leonardo's writings on facets of portray, comprises discussions of such easy medical components because the constitution of the attention and imaginative and prescient, point of view, the technology of sunshine and color, the viewpoint of disappearance, thought of colour, point of view of colour, proportions and events of the human determine, botany for painters, and the weather of panorama portray. a bit at the perform of portray contains ethical precepts for painters and writings on composition, fabrics, and the philosophy of artwork. the second one quantity includes writings on sculpture, structure (plans for cities, streets, and canals, church buildings, palaces, castles, and villas, theoretical writings on arches, domes, fissures, etc.), zoology, body structure (including his amazingly exact theories of blood circulation), drugs, astronomy, geography (including has well-known writings and drawings at the circulation of water), topography (observations in Italy, France, and different areas), naval struggle, swimming, conception of flying machines, mining, tune, and different topics.
A collection of philosophical maxims, morals, polemics, fables, jests, reports within the lives and behavior of animals, stories, and prophecies exhibit Leonardo's skills as a author and student. the second one quantity additionally includes a few letters, own files, inventories, and money owed, and concludes with Leonardo's will. The drawings comprise sketches and experiences for a few of Leonardo's maximum artistic endeavors — The final Supper, the misplaced Battle of Anghiari, The Virgin of the Rocks, and the destroyed Sforza monument.

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