Or everyone who has read and enjoyed Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code,here is an exceptional instght into da Vinci's inner world ,in his own words and images.He notebooks of leonardo da Vinci-atreasure house of unparalleled ingenuity,curiosity and creative energy-have inspired their readers for centuries.Fascinating and tantalising by turns,the individual pages of the notebooks,densely covered with da Vinci's ketches,jottings,calculations and detailed diagrams,are among the most prized possession of the wold's great art collectors.Ainter,sculptor,engineer;mathematician,philosopher,inventor;architect,anatomist and naturalist-da Vinci's talents are seemingly endless.This new seletion form the notebooks,bursting with imagination and quirkiness,someitmes cryptic or even incomprehensible,is the perfect introduction to the mysteries of leonardo da Vinci.Theose who know him as the celebrated painter of The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa will be astonished and intrigued by this sprkling testament to one of greatest minds of Western civilisation.
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Introduction:The genius of da Vinci 1 On his own writings 2 On paintin in general 3 The perspecive of disappearance 4 On the theory of colours 5 Aerial perspective 6 On the proportions and movements of the human figure 7 Moral precepts for the student of painting 8 Juding a picture 9 On light and shade 10 Observing 11 Gestures and character 12 The artist's materials 13 Philosophy of the art of painting 14 Allegorical representations 15 Mottoes and emblems 16 Notes on sculpture 17 Observations on architecture 18 Anatomy 19 Man comparde with animals 20 Physiology and medicine 21 On astronomy 22 Geography 23 Noter on the natural world 24 Machines and warfare 25 Number tricks 26 Philosophical maxims 27 Moral sayings 28 Polemics 29 Studies on the life and habits of animals 30 Fables 31 Jests and tales 32 Prophecies