Discovering Leonardo : the art lover's guide to understanding Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces

Tucker, Rebecca.

Book 2011

This fine art book with a design twist identifies, decodes, and explains symbols hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's works, using die-cut windows to enhance the experience of truly appreciating each masterpiece. Discover the secret symbols and meanings behind seventy-five featured drawings and paintings in this unique volume celebrating Leonardo da Vinci. This book's innovative design pairs each painting with a page of die-cut windows that help the rea...

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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Appreciation

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ISBN:

9780789322685
0789322684

Description:

260 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm

Other Title:

Art lover's guide to understanding Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Introduction: Leonardo's life and art : discovering the delights of nature
A revolution in style. Annunciation
Annunciation / Fra Angelico
Tobias and the angel / Andrea del Verrocchio with Leonardo da Vinci
Baptism of Christ / Andrea del Verrocchio with Leonardo da Vinci
Technique and practice
Adoration of the magi / Gentile da Fabriano
Adoration of the Magi
Perspective study for the Adoration of the Magi
The Madonna. Madonna and Child with a Carnation
Madonna and Child / Carlo Crivelli
Madonna With a Flower (Benois Madonna)
Drawings of the Madonna and child
Virgin and Child with Two Angels / Filippo Lippi
Madonna Litta
Virgin and Child Nursing / Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Images of the Virgin
Virgin of the Rocks (Paris version)
Virgin of the Rocks (London version)
Virgin and Child with St. Anne and John the Baptist (Burlington House Cartoon)
Virgin and Child with St. Anne
Saints and apostles. St. Jerome
St. Jerome in the wilderness / Sano di Pietro
The Last Supper / Andrea del Castagno
The Last Supper
Feast in the House of Levi / Paolo Caliari called Veronese
St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist (with Attributes of Bacchus) / Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci
Scientific vision and imagination. Vitruvian Man
Landscape
Bird's-Eye View of the Chiana Valley
Storm in the Alps
Allegory with Sun, Mirror, and Dragon Fight
Five Grotesque Heads
Leda and the Swan / Follower of Leonardo da Vinci
Study of the Female Anatomy
Anatomy of the Renaissance
Man in Profile, Squared for Proportion
Machines and military matters. Studies for the Trivulzio Monument
Study of a Warrior in Profile
Study for the Battle of Anghiari
Copy after Leonardo da Vinci's Battle of Anghiari / Peter Paul Rubens
Design for a Tank and Chariot with Scythes
Design for an Ornithopter Wing
Portraits. Lady with an Ermine (portrait of Cecilia Gallerani.)
Ginevra de' Benci
Giorgione, Laura
La Belle Ferronniere??
Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni / Domenico Ghirlandaio
Portrait of a Musician
Portrait of Battista Sforza / Piero della Francesca
Self-Portrait

LCCN:

2011921539

Control Number:

3330111

Other Authors:

Crenshaw, Paul

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