Main entry:

Kemp, Martin.

Title & Author:

Leonardo da Vinci : the marvellous works of nature and man / Martin Kemp.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Description:

xxix, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Previous ed: Cambridge Mass. : Harvard, 1981.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-366) and index.
I. 'Leonardo da Firenze' -- II. The microcosm -- III. The exercise of Fantasia -- IV. The republic : new battles and old problems -- V. The prime mover.

Summary:

"This account provides an insight into the development of Leonardo da Vinci's intellect and artistic vision. Taking us on a journey through the entire span of his career, it is a unique 'cultural biography', looking at the nature of Leonardo's art and thought at key stages of his life, and making sense of his manifold and diverse works in terms of the underlying preoccupations and driving forces that they reveal." "From his early training in Florence, through the great works for which he is best known, to the supremely powerful 'Deluge' drawings of his later years, Martin Kemp gives a fully integrated picture of Leonardo's artistic, scientific, and technological achievements." "Covering all areas of his work, and illustrated throughout with over two hundred illustrations including a wide range of Leonardo's private manuscript sketches, Marvellous Works represents the ultimate introduction to this central figure in western art."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0192807250
9780192807250
9780199207787 (pbk.)
019920778X (pbk.)

Subject:

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Criticism and interpretation.
Léonard, de Vinci, 1452-1519 Critique et interprétation.
Leonardo Criticism and interpretation.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519
Leonardo da Vinci.
Artists.
Art History.
Artistes.
Art Histoire.
artists (visual artists)
art history.
Art.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Added entries:

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 245365
Call No.: BIB 174994
Status: Available