Leonardo Da Vinci: Artist, Thinker and Man of Science
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Leonardo Da Vinci: Artist, Thinker and Man of ScienceLeonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent and "his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, the man himself mysterious and remote". Marco Rosci states that while there is much speculation about Leonardo, his vision of the world is essentially logical rather than mysterious, and that the empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time.He was the man from which the term Renaissance Man came to be for his genius and efforts in many different fields. In this book you'll come to understand him better, how he thought as we look at his art, his inventions, and more.
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Eugène Müntz (1845 - 1902) was a brilliant art historian who studied the lives and output of many of the world's greatest artists. LEONARDO DA VINCI: ARTIST, THINKER AND MAN OF SCIENCE is one of his greatest contributions to literature of the extraordinary and unique da Vinci. This new release recreates that original book and explores the drawings and paintings of da Vinci as richly as anyone who has written subsequently.What makes this volume so unique is the manner in which Müntz marries the scientific mind of this genius with the explanation of how he understood anatomy and in turn how he expanded his insatiable mind with mechanical inventions and details the like of which we have yet to see in any other artist. But the fascination of this writing doesn't stop there. Even in the time of this writing Müntz is unafraid to approach the personality of da Vinci, focusing on how gracious a teacher he was as well as exploring the relationships he had with the men in his life - something that even today writers fear approaching.This book is rich in examples of da Vinci's figurative and anatomical drawings, paintings, and portraits, yet it is equally respectful of the many architectural renderings and studies of drapery and preliminary sketches rarely seen. There is even a rather surprising reproduction of a telling drawing 'The Incarnate Angel' (1513-1514) from a private collection in Germany! Though this book remains one of historical importance, it is curiously intellectually beyond much of what is being shared in today's biographies. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, February 11