Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 : the complete paintings and drawings

Zöllner, Frank (author.). Nathan, Johannes, (author.). Williams, Karen (Translator), (translator.).

Record details

ISBN: 3836527014
ISBN: 9783836527019
Physical Description: 707 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 38 cm
print
Edition: 2015 edition.
Publisher: Köln : Taschen, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 694-701) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface to the 2015 edition -- Leonardo da Vinci : life and work / Frank Zöllner. The young artist in Florence, 1469-1480 ; Professional breakthrough in Florence, 1480-1482 ; A fresh start in Milan, 1483-1484 ; Beginnings as court artist in Milan, 1485-1494 ; The artist and "science" ; From the Last Supper to the fall of Ludovico Sforza. 1495-1499 ; From Mantua to Venice and back to Florence. 1500-1503 ; Leonardo in Florence, 1504-1506 : battle paintings and "muscular rhetoric" ; Between Florence and Milan, 1506-1510 ; The last years -- Catalogue raisonné of the paintings / Frank Zöllner -- The "Heidelberg Cicero" / Frank Zöllner -- The graphic work / Frank Zöllner and Johannes Nathan. Perfecting the art of drawing ; Drawings and sketches for surviving or documented paintings ; Studies for equestrian monuments and horses ; Drawings of human figures, animals, and monsters ; Drapery studies ; Profile studies, character heads, and grotesques ; Proportion drawings ; Anatomical drawings ; Allegories, emblems, and pictographs ; Plant studies ; Studies of landscapes, water, and "natural catastrophes" ; Drawings of maps and plans ; Architectural studies ; Engineering and machinery studies ; Studies for military equipment ; Studies of flying machines and bird flight ; Studies on light and shade ; Leonardo's manuscripts -- Annexes -- Concordance of drawings.