An edition of 30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci (2014)

30-second Leonardo Da Vinci

his 50 greatest ideas and inventions, each explained in half a minute

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An edition of 30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci (2014)

30-second Leonardo Da Vinci

his 50 greatest ideas and inventions, each explained in half a minute

  • 3 Want to read

Artist, anatomist, architect, botanist, cartographer, engineer, mathematician, musician, scientist, sculptor - the word 'polymath' cannot provide the full measure of Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinary talents. If you only know Leonardo as the painter of the famous, much copied portrait, the Mona Lisa, seize the chance to brush up your knowledge and discover what is meant by the term Renaissance Man. 30 Second Leonardo Da Vinci is the quickest way to grapple with the truly diverse thoughts of the ultimate Renaissance superhero. Here, the world's leading Leonardo scholars present an inst.

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Ivy Press
Language
English

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Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Painting & Sculpture; GLOSSARY; The Treatise on Painting; Paragone; Decorum of Movement & Gesture; Chiaroscuro & Sfumato; Feature Painting: The Last Supper; Nature; Portraiture; Drawing in Black & Red Chalk; The Deluge; Geometry; GLOSSARY; Linear Perspective; Geometric Optics; Geometric Proportions 44; Feature Painting: Lady with an Ermine; Plane Geometry; Squaring the Circle; Solid Geometry; Knots & Rosettes; Mechanics; GLOSSARY; Helicopter; Worm Gears; Parachute.
Feature Painting: The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Young St. John the BaptistHydraulic Saw; Viola Organista; Diving Suit; Self-Propelled Cart; Civil Engineering; GLOSSARY; The Ideal City; Ecclesiastical Architecture; Cartography & Canals; Bridges; Casting the Sforza Horse; Feature Painting: The Battle of Anghiari; The Stage; Industrial Machines; Military Engineering; GLOSSARY; Fortresses; Spectacular Siege Machines; Tank; Cannons & Springalds; Ballistic Studies; Naval Warfare; Feature Painting: Mona Lisa; Dismountable Cannons & Devices; Nature; GLOSSARY; The Prime Mover.
The Body of the EarthFeature Painting: Virgin of the Rocks; Macrocosm & Microcosm; Necessity & Experience; Water; The Vortex; Forces of Nature; Anatomy & Anatomical Studies; GLOSSARY; Dissection & Visualization; The Body Machine; The Fluids of the Body; Searching for the Soul; Man & Animals; Feature Painting: Annunciation; Anthropometry; The Origin of Life; Resources; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Copyright.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
East Sussex, U.K
Series
30-Second, 30-Second

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
609.2
Library of Congress
T40.L37

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35344885M
Internet Archive
30secondleonardo0000unse
ISBN 10
1782401199, 1782401202
ISBN 13
9781782401193, 9781782401209, 9781782400837
OCLC/WorldCat
931534972

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