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    Leonardo da Vinci: Details
    Leonardo da Vinci: Details
    Leonardo da Vinci: Details
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    Leonardo da Vinci: Details

    By Nealson Warshow

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    This book contains 262 high-quality annotated reproductions with details of paintings and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. Some people say that the "devil's in the details" and generally, they are right. Looking out for the small details in one picture is a good practice, since in most of the cases small but ultimately important details is the heart of a great author's idea. This title aims to help you see the details of his works; his secrets are not in his words, they are in his works. Look close up at his paintings and drawings, and that tell you what you cannot see but need to know and that should be enough.

    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 Titan, 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNealson Warshow
    Release dateOct 5, 2014
    ISBN9786050325492
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      Leonardo da Vinci - Nealson Warshow

      Leonardo da Vinci: Details

      By Nealson Warshow

      First Edition

      Copyright © 2014 by Nealson Warshow

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      Leonardo da Vinci: Details

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      Foreword

      This book contains 262 high-quality annotated reproductions with details of paintings and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. Some people say that the devil's in the details and generally, they are right. Looking out for the small details in one picture is a good practice, since in most of the cases small but ultimately important details is the heart of a great author's idea. This title aims to help you see the details of his works; his secrets are not in his words, they are in his works. Look close up at his paintings and drawings, and that tell you what you cannot see but need to know and that should be enough.

      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 Titan, 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.

      He was born on, Saturday April 15, 1452 at three o'clock in the night. We know this to be correct as the quote is from notes written by Leonardo's grandfather. Leonardo's birthplace was the small village of Vinci located between the Tuscan cities of Pistoia and Empoli. He was the illegitimate son of notary, Ser Piero d'Antonio and a peasant woman named Caterina. Little is known of her, but she probably came from the village of Anchiano and may have been a barmaid. It is almost definite that she had contact with her son throughout her life.

      After the baby's birth Ser Piero was quickly convinced to marry into a wealthy family while Caterina was married off to a cowherd. Initially, Leonardo lived with his grandparents on his father's side. After some years had passed Ser Piero realized that his wife could not have children; at this time Leonardo was taken to be raised and educated in his father's house.

      Some authors have Leonardo as spending the first five years of his childhood living with his mother, or bearing the brunt of much misery from later arriving legitimate half-brothers. However, his grandfather's notes also show us that the child was baptized and accepted into his father's side of the family immediately. It is known that he could not have been the object of teasing from half-brothers as it was not until Ser Piero's third wife that there were to be any legitimate sons; by this time Leonardo was 24. During that period in history illegitimate and legitimate children were bought up together, even in the most noble of homes. Wives would not register any protest over this and there was no stigma attached.

      Even as a young child Leonardo showed extraordinary talent, being quick at music and learning to play the lyre; he could also sing beautifully and was strong in the area of mathematics. At a young age he was often to be found out sketching plants and animals.

      When, in 1468, his paternal grandfather died the family moved to Florence. It was at this stage that his father decided the boy had unusual artistic talents and decided to send him to study with the most sought after Florentine master of the time. Andrea Verrocchio was a renown sculptor, painter and goldsmith, all areas Leonardo would study while apprenticed to him. Little remains of Verrocchio's painted works and not much is known of Leonardo's activities during this stage though his apprenticeship would have been the same as those available to all of Verrocchio's students. This involved grinding and mixing pigments, learning geometry and the mixing of colours, preparing panels correctly so they could receive paintings, the actual act of painting itself and the working of clay and casting bronze.

      In 1472, Leonardo was enrolled as a master in the Company of Painters; this indicates that his actual apprenticeship to Verrocchio had probably ended by this time, though he stayed at his master's workshop. Although he is best remembered for his paintings, very few artists painted as little and drew as much as Leonardo. While very limited numbers of paintings have survived their creator, Leonardo's drawings of people, places and things are very numerous with over 10,000 being found in various parts of the world. He always wrote extensive notes on his subject and these were obviously never thought of by him as being for publication as they were often written in codes and mirror writing.

      There are no records of Leonardo's activities between 1476-1478 and no documents to place him either in Florence or anywhere else.

      In 1480 Leonardo became a member of the garden of

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