Leonardo

Contains a selection of sketches, diagrams, and notebook writings by Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, and inventor Leonard da Vinci; and offers insight into his theories and observations as well as his role in period art, town planning, science, philosophy, and other venues.

Presents and describes 138 of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and sets of notes and includes a chronology and nine essays on such topics as his left-handedness, the Codex Leicester, his grotesques, his early drapery studies, and attribution and authenticity.

Contains a selection of sketches, diagrams, and notebook writings by Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, and inventor Leonard da Vinci; and offers insight into his theories and observations as well as his role in period art, town planning, science, philosophy, and other venues.