Leonardo on Painting: An Anthology of Writings by Leonardo da Vinci with a Selection of Documents Relating to his Career - Softcover

DaVinci, Leonardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300045093 ISBN 13: 9780300045093

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Leonardo's writings on painting - among the most remarkable from any era - were never edited by Leonardo himself into a single coherent book. In this anthology the authors have edited material not only from his so-called Treatise on Painting but also from his surviving manuscripts and from other primary sources, some of which were here translated for the first time. The resulting volume is an invaluable reference work for art historians as well as for anyone interested in the mind and methods of one of the world's greatest creative geniuses.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Kemp is professor of the history of art at Oxford University. His publications include Leonardo da Vinci: The Marvelous Works of Nature and Man, Behind the Picture: Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance, and The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat. Margaret Walker lectures on Renaissance art and reviews books for Burlington Magazine.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0300045093
• ISBN 13: 9780300045093
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Kemp Mr. Martin