The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, both volumes in a single file
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781455409167 (1455409162)
Publish date: April 1st 2011
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Reference,
European Literature,
Science,
Art,
Philosophy,
Italian Literature,
Art History
Most of the original text and sketches have of course been lost either by time or by Leonardo's own design (he deliberately corrupted his own texts to keep his competitors from stealing his works). It is a true shame that this knowledge is lost.Any free kindle edition is easily worth 4 stars. It i...
Da Vinci was very specific.On depicting a battle:"The air must be full of arrows in every direction." (There follows several pages more of instructions, including bits like, "There must not be a level spot that is not trampled with gore.") (p. 26-28)And his bits on anatomy are famous enough withou...