Books with title The Young Leonardo da Vinci

Hardcover Folio 1609 gravure illustrations with 12 color plates, 518 pages. This volume is the most complete and authoritative work ever produced in Italy by the Instituto Geografico De Agostini just before the war, in conjunction with the famous exhibition of Leonardo's work in Milan 1938. Recently Emil Vollmer (publisher) joined with the Instituto and re-edited the volume making entirely new illustration plates from which this edition is printed.

Many people think of Leonardo da Vinci primarily as an artist, but he was also an influential scientist. Readers of this high-interest biography will learn all about da Vinci and his contributions to society as an architect, engineer, and inventor. A true Renaissance man, da Vinci also studied many other branches of science. This story of his life and work is told with the use of accessible text, colorful photographs, and stimulating sidebars. An educational science project also reinforces readers' understanding of da Vinci's work and gives them a hands-on feel for what he did.

Leonardo da Vinci has become the definition of the "Rennaissance man." His accomplishments in painting and sculpture, music and mathematics, and engineering and architecture have endured for centuries. The Renaissance was a watershed for European artisitc and scientific accomplishment and da Vinci led the way. He exemplified a new perspective, seeking to explore and control the forces of nature, and to extend the frontiers of human knowledge.

Many people think of Leonardo da Vinci primarily as an artist, but he was also an influential scientist. Readers of this high-interest biography will learn all about da Vinci and his contributions to society as an architect, engineer, and inventor. A true Renaissance man, da Vinci also studied many other branches of science. This story of his life and work is told with the use of accessible text, colorful photographs, and stimulating sidebars. An educational science project also reinforces readers' understanding of da Vinci's work and gives them a hands-on feel for what he did.

The life, the art, and the times of Leonardo da Vinci were a highlight in art history and the history of the world. HIs beautifully rendered paintings often come to our minds first when we hear his name mentioned.In this book, the reader will discover how Leonardo thought. They'll trace Leonardo's steps in life. He overcame many obstacles due to being born out of wedlock in 15th-century Roman Catholic Italy. He became an apprentice to the great Andrea Del Verrocchio. Through his art and mechanical genius, he served the clergy and the aristocracy of Europe. Quietly, on the dissection tables of Milan, Florence, and Rome he studied the inner workings of human corpses. In the city of Pavia, he collaborated with the physician-anatomist Marcantonio della Torre. It is said that Leonardo dissected approximately thirty corpses in his lifetime. Leonardo was much more than a painter and scientist. He was the inventor of inventions that came to fruition centuries after his designs were created. Today's helicopters, military tanks, and airplanes have predecessors in the master's designs. His designs for fortifying a city from invaders brought him to the highest courts of Italy and France. Finally, hundreds of years after his death, Salvator Mundi, a lost painting of Jesus was rediscovered. Although several prominent scholars on Leonardo's life and works attribute it to Leonardo, other specialists dispute this. Is Salvator Mundi an original oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci, or was it painted by a student of his? Enjoy the book gain an understanding of the greatest mind in human history.