The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE PROFILE OF A WARRIOR frontispiece PORTRAIT OF ISABELLA D'ESTE I STUDY OF AN OLD MAN II STUDY OF DRAPERIES FOR KNEELING FIGURES III STUDY OF A BACCHUS IV HEAD OF A MAN V BATTLE BETWEEN HORSEMEN AND MONSTERS VI WOMAN SEATED ON GROUND AND CHILD KNEELING VII STUDIES OF HEADS VIII YOUTH ON HORSEBACK IX STUDIES FOR THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA X THE VIRGIN, ST. ANNE AND INFANT XI STUDIES OF CHILDREN XII THE COMBAT XIII STUDY FOR A MADONNA XIV STUDIES FOR "THE HOLY FAMILY" XV STUDIES FOR "THE LAST SUPPER" XVI COURTYARD OF A CANNON-FOUNDRY XVII STUDY OF THE HEAD OF AN APOSTLE XVIII STUDY FOR BACKGROUND OF "THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI" XIX STUDY OF LANDSCAPE XX STUDY OF A TREE XXI TWO HEADS CARICATURES XXII ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST XXIII THE HEAD OF CHRIST XXIV CARICATURES XXV HEAD OF AN ANGEL XXVI STUDY OF A MAN'S HEAD XXVII STUDIES OF HANDS XXVIII DRAGON FIGHTING WITH A LION XXIX MAN KNEELING XXX PORTRAIT STUDY XXXI STUDIES OF ANIMALS XXXII PORTRAIT OF LEONARDO, BY HIMSELF XXXIII SIX HEADS OF MEN AND A BUST OF A WOMAN XXXIV STUDY OF A HEAD XXXV THE ST. ANNE CARTOON XXXVI STUDIES OF HORSES XXXVII HEADS OF A WOMAN AND A CHILD XXXVIII STUDY OF DRAPERY FOR A KNEELING FIGURE XXXIX KNIGHT IN ARMOUR XL STUDY OF A YOUTHFUL HEAD XLI STUDY FOR "LEDA" XLII HEAD OF AN OLD MAN XLIII STUDY OF A HEAD XLIV STUDY OF THE HEAD OF ST. PHILIP FOR "THE LAST SUPPER" XLV STUDY OF DRAPERY XLVI GIRL'S HEAD XLVII STUDIES OF A SATYR WITH A LION XLVIII Leonardo da Vinci found in drawing the readiest and most stimulating way of self-expression. The use of pen and crayon came to him as naturally as the monologue to an eager and egoistic talker. The outline designs in his "Treatise on Painting" aid and amplify the text with a force that is almost unknown in modern illustrated books. Open the pages at random. Here is a sketch showing "the greatest twist which a man can make in turning to look at himself behind." The accompanying text is hardly needed. The drawing supplies all that Leonardo wished to convey. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 56844
Author: Hind, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis)
Release Date: Mar 26, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519