Leonardo da Vinci

He has taught at New York University and at the universities of Berne, Leipzig and Cologne. For TASCHEN he has authored the XL monographs on Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.Johannes Nathan studied art history at New York University and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where he earned his Ph.D. He is also the author of a postdoctoral treatise on motion and expression in the art of Leonardo da Vinci, published in 2010. He has published numerous works on Renaissance art and art the

Lying open, this unutterably wonderful book is almost the size of the Mona Lisa and about as hefty as a slab of The Last Supper's monastery wall. The famous quotes by everyone from Nietzsche to Warhol are well selected, especially Freud diagnosing Leonardo's genius as residing in his childlike sense of play. That's a key to the spirit of this book: it's more fun than a week in the Louvre. Without it, one might have overlooked the dim crucifix on which St. All 34 paintings are here (including what we know of the lost ones), many with huge and immensely illuminating details, plus 663 drawings. Jerome fixes his blazing gaze, and quite misunderstood the sexist Hippocratic delusions that inform The Sexual Act in Vertical Section: "A tube-like duct leads from the woman’s breasts to her womb, while the male organ is directly linked not only to the testicles but also…to the brain." (Zollner’s discussion of the erotic subtext of some of the

With huge, full-bleed details of Leonardo’s masterworks, this highly original publication allows the reader to inspect the subtlest facets of his brushstrokes.Part I explores Leonardo’s life and work in ten chapters. This two-volume, midsize format comprehensive survey is the most complete book ever made on the subject of this Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist and all-around genius. All of his paintings are interpreted in depth, with The Annunciation and The Last Supper featured on large double-spreads.Part II comprises a catalogue raisonné of Leonardo’s paintings, which covers all of his surviving and lost painted works and includes texts describing their states of preservation.Part III contains an extensive catalogue of his drawings (numbering in the thousands, they cannot all be reproduced in one book); 663 are presented, arranged by category (architecture, technical, anatomical, figures, proportion, cartography, etc).Now available as a two-volume edition at an irresistible price!. Da Vinci in detail: Leonardo's life and work - the definitive edition   Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed one of the greatest minds of all time; his importance and influence are inestima

Danny said A Favorite in my Home Library. Superb reference book on Leonardo. Very well-researched, adding much interesting history to his life works. I also highly recommend the Michelangelo reference in a similar format. I enjoy using a page magnifier to see into images and techniques better. Lighted page magnifiers are great for detailed images.. Madelyne Silvestre said I love how large the illustrations are in this book. I love how large the illustrations are in this book, this is a hardback book and it does add some weight to my bookshelf but it is well worth it.. Wonderful idea. I was able to take a look at the bio part of this set at my local library. After reading half of that book I knew I wanted to own my own copy. As an added plus it came with the drawings and notes book as a set. Wonderful idea.