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Leonardo Da Vinci: Nature Studies from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle

Pedretti, Carlo

Univ of Washington Pr

A comprehensive book on Leonardo's achievements as an artist all at once brief, bold, and dogmatic.

Leonardo, a Study in Chronology and Style

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Johnson Reprint Corporation

<p>Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings of Horses and Other Animals from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle [Jan 01, 1984] Leonardo Da Vinci; Jane Roberts; H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and Carlo Pedretti</p>

Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings of Horses and Other Animals from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle

Johnson Reprint / HBJ

Leonardo;: A study in chronology and style

Thames&Hudson

Leonardo; A Study in Chronology and Style

University of California Press

Leonardo da Vinci spent the last three years of his life as a guest of the king of France in Amboise, and the last masterpiece he produced was the project for a royal residence at Romorantin. It was to be a vast complex of buildings and gardens crossed by the Saudre River, and was to incorporate the old chateau of the ancestors of Francis I. "The eve of St. Anthony's Day I returned from Romorantin to Amboise, and the king had left Romorantin two days before," wrote Leonardo in January 1517. In 1518 a canal project at Romorantin was financed. But in the year of Leonardo's death, 1519, the project for the palace was abandoned and the king decided to build the castle of Chambord instead. The loss of the Romorantin Palace is comparable in magnitude to that of Leonardo's wall paintin of the Battle of Anghiari--perhaps even more tragic, for little influence could come from an abandoned work of architecture, the conception of which was soon forgotten. The remains of the portion that was built stood ten feet high until the time of the French Revolution. Mr. Pedretti has traced the records of their existence, brought together all possible references to the project in Leonardo's manuscripts, and identified the site of the proposed construction. The style and sources of the project are shown through a wealth of illustrations which bring to life the image of Leonardo's last dream.

Leonardo da Vinci: The Royal Palace at Romorantin

Architecture

Belknap Press

<p>Leonardo da Vinci was the true Renaissance man. Not only was he one of the greatest artists ever to live, but he was also a truly gifted architect and creative mind who devised amazing machines centuries ahead of his time. His list of interests and achievements are extraordinary; as well as artist and architect, he was astronomer, researcher, scientist, experimenter, anatomist, and inventor. Leonardo's most acclaimed paintings are the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, Paris and The Last Supper in the refectory at Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy. But in many ways his greatest legacy are the hundreds of pen and ink drawings and sketches which are now in museums and collections around the world. These explain, in his remarkable mirror writing, his calculations and hypotheses for the mechanical operation of his various ideas. This book attempts to explain who this great genius was and why he became such a creative man. It looks at where he came from and his education, who his influences were, and how he made his way in the world to become the most remarkable man of his time. His work was founded in strict science and based on a profound analysis of ancient and traditional sources, but it was his curiosity which really drove him. His inquisitive mind led him to investigate every field of knowledge and his life's work is an extraordinary synthesis of art, science, and technology fused in theoretical and practical experience gathered from a long and productive life.</p>

Leonardo Da Vinci

Taj Books International

Leonardo. Anatomía y vuelo (Biblioteca Leonardo Da Vinci / Leonardo Da Vinci Library) (Spanish Edition)

Laurenza, Domenico

Cianchi, Carlo

TIKAL

Leonardo: La pittura (Dossier d'art) (Italian Edition)

Giunti Editore

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