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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete

da Vinci Leonardo

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 864 pages

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete is a collection of writings by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Jean Paul Richter. It gathers his observations on art, science, and nature, offering a window into his curious mind. Listening to these essays provides insight into Renaissance thought and Leonardo's diverse interests.

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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

Volume 1

Translated by Jean Paul Richter

1888

PREFACE.

A singular fatality has ruled the destiny of nearly all the most famous of Leonardo da Vinci's works. Two of the three most important were never completed, obstacles having arisen during his life-time, which obliged him to leave them unfinished; namely the Sforza

Monument and the Wall-painting of the Battle of Anghiari, while the third—the picture of the Last Supper at Milan—has suffered

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Contents

  1. Volume 1
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PROLEGOMENA AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK ON PAINTING
  4. XI.

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