Leonardo Da Vinci: The 100 Milestones

by Martin Kemp (Author), Martin Kemp (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2019

  $24.89

  To commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death, world-renowned da Vinci expert Martin Kemp explores 100 of the master's milestones in art, science, engineering, architecture, anatomy, and more.
  
  From his roots as an illegitimate child born in a small Tuscan town, Leonardo da Vinci rose to become the most famous person in the history of visual culture. Spring 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of his death in May 1519, with exhibitions and events planned across Europe and the United States. In a fresh twist on other Leonardo books, this volume by Martin Kemp--one of the world's leading authorities on da Vinci--offers a broadly chronological survey of 100 key Leonardo milestones across his many fields of discipline. Lavishly illustrated with stunning images, it covers paintings, including The Annunciation, The Last Supper, and Portrait of Lisa del Giocondo (the Mona Lisa ); anatomical studies (Studies of the Optics of the Human Eye, Ventricles of the Brain); engineering marvels (Gearing for a Clockwork Mechanism and Wheels without Axles; Designs for a Flying Machine); scientific works (Studies of the Light of the Sun on the Moon and Earth, Sequences of Aliquot Numbers and Geometrical Studies of Areas)--and much more.