leonardo

An artist describes a number of art movements, artists, and paintings through an imaginary tour of an art museum.

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.

An introduction to the life and work of Renaissance artist and intellectual Leonardo Da Vinci, discussing his background, his influence on the world of art, and his contributions to science and technology.

An in-depth look at the life of artist Leonardo da Vinci, focusing on his scientific insights into water, war, flight, robots, and the human form.

No face has ever captivated so many for so long. Every year more than nine million visitors trek to her portrait in the Louvre. Yet while everyone recognizes her smile, hardly anyone knows her story. This book rests on the premise that the woman in the Mona Lisa is indeed the person identified in its earliest description: Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542), wife of the Florence merchant Francesco del Giocondo. Descended from ancient nobles, she gave birth to six children and died at age sixty-three. Her life spanned the most tumultuous chapters in the history of Florence, decades of war, rebellion, invasion, siege, and conquest--and of the greatest artistic outpouring the world has ever seen. Her story creates an extraordinary tapestry of Renaissance Florence, inhabited by larger-than-legend figures such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Machiavelli.

Examines the intersecting lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia, describing how their brief time together in 1502 altered each man's beliefs and work and the course of Western history.