Leonardo on Art and the Artist
- ISBN-10
- 048613752X
- ISBN-13
- 9780486137520
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08-08
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Leonardo da Vinci
Description
Systematic grouped passages of Leonardo's writings concerning painting, focusing on problems of interpretation. More than an anthology, it offers a reconstruction of the underlying meaning of Leonardo's words. Introductions, notes, bibliography, reference materials. Over 125 black-and-white illustrations.
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