Leonardo
Author(s): Martin Kemp
Cutting through the veil of legend, Martin Kemp offers an unparalleled portrait of this extraordinary man, asking what made Leonardo's work so astonishing and what vision drove his art and his invention. This updated edition is the first book to include two newly discovered Leonardo works, the most important discoveries in over a hundred years.
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Reviews from previous edition "Leonardo seen from the inside out."--The New Yorker "Excellent" --Sunday Telegraph "Filled with fresh thought... Kemp has succeeded at something that is possible only after years of reflection." --Los Angeles Times "Excites the reader's administration for the restless vitality of the man and his ideas." --Washington Post Book World
Preface; Introduction: Leonardo and the 'Abbreviators'; 1. A Strange Career; 2. Looking; 3. Body and Machine; 4. The Living Earth; 5. Telling Tales; 6. Lisa's Room. Leonardo's Afterlife; Gallery; Leonardo's Life in Outline; Further Reading; Index
General Fields
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- : Oxford University Press
- : Oxford University Press
- : 0.428
- : 30 September 2011
- : 194mm X 142mm X 17mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Martin Kemp
- : Paperback
- : Revised edition
- : 759.5
- : 312
- : 20 colour plates, 24 figures, 23 black and white halftones