Sublimations of Leonardo da Vinci. in dj.

STITES, Raymond S. STITES, M. Elizabeth (with) CASTIGLIONE, Pierina (with) LEONARDO da Vinci)

Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1970,, 1970

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STITES, Raymond S. The Sublimations of Leonardo da Vinci , with a translation of the Codex Trivulzianus. With M. Elizabeth Stites, and Pierina Castiglione (co-translator of the "Codex"). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. Pp. (i)-x,1-422, including colour frontis. and black and white plates. 4to, brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. An analysis of the "creative psychology" of Leonardo da Vinci, based largely on a translation of the 1484 work Codex Trivulzianus. as well as many of his artistic works, which the author attempts to explain shows that, though a genius, Leonardo was also mentally disturbed. Contents: 1. Images from the Family Constellation, 2. Topographical Influences on the Topology of Leonardo, 3. Influences of the Florentine Movement, 4. Deus ex Machina, or the Psychology of the Inventor, 5. Angels and Madonnas, 6. Images of Love and Life, 7. The Passions and Forms of Life and Hate, 8. The Adoration of the Magi, 9. De Profundis, 10. The Madonna on the Rocks and the Beloved Cecilia, 11. The Exploration of the Unconscious in the Codex Trivulzianus, 12. "Thoughts turn to hope", 13. "The reasonable versus the sensuous powers" and the Dictionary, 14. "As a day well spent gives cheerful sleep, so a life well used brings a cheerful death", 15. "Where there is more sensibility, there is, in the torment, a greater martyr", 16. "Nothing should be written as the result of new research", 17. "Pharisees, friars, saints, that is to say", 18. "An unbaked vase, when broken, may be repaired, but a baked one may not", 19. "Concordance, convenience, melody, symphony, harmonizing, resounding, sounding together, sweetness.to germinate", 20. The Last Supper, 21. The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, 22. Cesare Borgia and the Battle of Anghiari, 23. The Second Madonna on the Rocks and the Mona Lisa, 24. "Nature is full of infinite causes which were never set forth in experience", 25. "Our lives are subject to Heaven, and Heaven is subject to the spirit". Vg in nicked dj. 60.00. Seller Inventory # 65081

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Title: Sublimations of Leonardo da Vinci. in dj.

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1970,

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included