NATHAN JOHANNES

(H/B) LEONARDO DA VINCI
The deftness of Da Vinci. The drawings of Art History's master genius. One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world's most famous paintings, this scientist, artist, philosopher, inventor, builder, and mechanic epitomized the great flowering of human consciousness that marks his era. Leonardo da Vinci - The Graphic Work features top quality reproductions of 663 of Leonardo's drawings, from anatomical studies to architectural plans, from compl...
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(P/B) LEONARDO DA VINCI (ΔΙΤΟΜΟ)
Behind the original publication of this book in 2003 lay the aspiration to test the possibilities of a "historical explanation of pictures" (Baxandall 1985) that takes account at the social climate within which such pictures arose and the artistic evolution of their genre. The main priority was the endeavour to formulate a precise interpretation of the content of Leonardo's paintings, extrapolated from their respective context and pictorial tradition. I have also attempted to show that both Leonardo's theoretical deliberations and their pr...
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