Leonardo: The Artist and the Man

by Serge Bramly (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1994

  $3.25

  With the aid of Leonardo da Vinci's note books, as well as a wide variety of sources, this biography covers the full life of the great Renaissance painter and architect. It is an account of Leonardo, both as an artist and as an individual. The book charts the artist's family background, childhood and apprenticeship, successes and failures, patronage, travels, interests and friendships. The book include b&w reproductions of paintings and sketchings by da Vinci. All surviving paintings are listed in the text, and there are family trees of Leonardo's family.

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  Hardcover
  1992

  $3.25

  In this biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the author draws on up-to-date research about da Vinci's work and art and gives both an account of the life of this complex and puzzling man and of his achievements in many spheres, from art to science. The author also views the man in the context of his times, discussing the work of da Vinci's contemporaries and the circles in which he moved.