Rizzoli International Publications, 2005. — 192 p. — (Rizzoli Art Classics). — ISBN: 9780847826773. This book features a literary introduction and thoroughly researched essay followed by a section devoted to a detailed description of a selection of the artist's masterpieces. An extensive chronology of the artist's life and important historical events of his era as well as a...
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2013. — 384 p. Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, architect, inventor, and even musician — the archetypal Renaissance man. But he was also a profoundly modern man. Not only did Leonardo invent the empirical scientific method over a century before Galileo and Francis Bacon, but Capra’s decade-long study of...
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2013. — 384 p. Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, architect, inventor, and even musician — the archetypal Renaissance man. But he was also a profoundly modern man. Not only did Leonardo invent the empirical scientific method over a century before Galileo and Francis Bacon, but Capra’s decade-long study of...
Penguin Books, 2015. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-0141982373. A personally compelling introduction to Leonardo's genius, a classic monograph of Leonardo's art and his development. An incredibly readable, sensitive and intelligent overview of Leonardo's life and work. Very insightful and frank. Autor has the rare gift of bringing life and understanding to the facts without flying of...
Profile Books, 2005. — 140 p. A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time as the painter of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. His celebrated notebooks...
Profile Books, 2005. — 140 p. A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time as the painter of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. His celebrated notebooks...
Dover Publications, 1983. — 512 p. "It is a miracle that any one man should have observed, read, and written down so much in a single lifetime." — Kenneth Clark Painter, sculptor, musician, scientist, architect, engineer, inventor...perhaps no other figure so fully embodies the Western Ideal of "Renaissance man" as Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was not content, however, to master...
Dover Publications, 1983. — 512 p. "It is a miracle that any one man should have observed, read, and written down so much in a single lifetime." — Kenneth Clark Painter, sculptor, musician, scientist, architect, engineer, inventor...perhaps no other figure so fully embodies the Western Ideal of "Renaissance man" as Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was not content, however, to master...
Dell (February 8, 2000). - 313 p Genius is made, not born. And human beings are gifted with an almost unlimited potential for learning and creativity. Now you can uncover your own hidden abilities, sharpen your senses, and liberate your unique intelligence — by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci. Acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, who has...
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. — 116 p. — ISBN: 0684157373. As an inventor Leonardo was an astonishing genius. Although he lived over 450 years ago he foresaw the coming of advanced technology , and filled his notebooks with thousands of drawings for new machines and weapons, many of which anticipate twentieth-century engineering techniques. We see him designing armoured tanks,...
CS Graphics, Singapore, 1998. — 105 p. — ISBN: 978-1-55652-298-7. The marriage of art and science is celebrated in this beautifully illustrated four-color biography and activity book. Kids will begin to understand the important discoveries that da Vinci made through inspiring activities like determining the launch angle of a catapult, sketching birds and other animals, creating...
Springer, 2018. — 351 p. This engaging book places Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific achievements within the wider context of the rapid development that occurred during the Renaissance. It demonstrates how his contributions were not in fact born of isolated genius, but rather part of a rich period of collective advancement in science and technology, which began at least 50 years...
Simon & Schuster, 2017. — 624 p. With biographies of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Steve Jobs under his belt, and a reputation as one of our premiere nonfiction writers, Walter Isaacson is the right person to take on a monumental figure like Leonardo da Vinci. To write this biography Isaacson immersed himself in da Vinci’s 7,200 p. of notebooks, which these days are...
Simon & Schuster, 2017. — 624 p. The #1 New York Times bestseller He was history’s most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his...
Thomas Dunne Books, 2017. — 236 p. — ISBN10: 1250129354. — ISBN13: 978-1250129352. Provocative and original, this fresh look at Leonardo da Vinci's formative years in Florence and Milan provides a radically different scenario of how he created his signature style that would transform Western art forever. The traditional view of Leonardo da Vinci's career is that he enjoyed a...
Academic Press, New York, 1983. — ISBN13: 978-1483241531. — 400 p. The author integrates Leonardo's "Elements of Mechanics" with his investigations on the movements of man and animals with his anatomical drawings. The author summarizes the thousands of pages of Leonardo's notes on mechanics, anatomy, etc.
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2019. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1454930426. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the small Tuscan town of Vinci in April 1452. Over the centuries, he has become one of the most famous people in the history of visual culture. Spring 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of his death in May 1519, with exhibitions and events planned across Europe and the United...
Chelsea House Publications. 1973. -152 p. - (Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance). Renaissance Man. A Lonely Genius. The Young Apprentice. First Paintings. Leonardo da Vinci’s Studio. In Milan. Going Home. Taking Flight. Entering the Great Sea. Chronology & Timeline. Further Reading.
Parkstone Press, 2011. — 160 p. — ISBN: 1780422954. Painter, sculptor, architect, mathematician, scientist, inventor - Leonardo da Vinci was an artist and scholar, the quintessential Renaissance man. From the Mona Lisa to flying machines, from anatomy to cartography, the paintings and sketches of da Vinci are gathered together in a book that will excite the imagination of any...
Scienza, 2003. — 128 p. — (Lampi di genio). Dopo Einstein, Darwin, Volta, Galileo, Archimede e Mendel, Leonardo è stata per Luca Novelli certamente l'opera più impegnativa, per il lavoro di ricerca e di sintesi e per la complessità del personaggio, artista e scienziato multiforme. La sua storia non ruota attorno a un solo lampo di genio, ma a un vero fuoco d'artificio di idee e...
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018. — 203 p. Leonardo da Vinci: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works covers all aspects of his life and work, beginning with his paintings, including several he never completed, that form the core of his artistic oeuvre. The extensive A to Z section includes several hundred entries. The bibliography provides a comprehensive list of...
Oxford University Press, 2008. — 448 p. — ISBN13: 978-0199299027. Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. With an artist's eye and a scientist's curiosity, he recorded in these pages his observations on the movement of water and the formation...
Oxford University Press, 2008. — 448 p. — ISBN13: 978-0199299027. Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. With an artist's eye and a scientist's curiosity, he recorded in these pages his observations on the movement of water and the formation...
Arcturus, 2005. — 193 p. — ISBN10: 0517225964. This book captures the beauty and genius of Leonardo da Vinci's writings, which are accompanied by his evocative sketches and drawings. Discover the farsightedness and brilliance of the mind that brought us some of the greatest artwork and most incredible inventions from the Mona Lisa to the hot air balloon. The text is...
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