Leonardo da Vinci lived an itinerant life. Throughout his career - from its beginnings in the creative maelstrom of fifteenth-century Florence to his role as genius in residence at the court of the king of France - Leonardo created a kind of private universe for himself and his work. Leonardo also spent a great deal of time away from his easel, pursuing his interest in engineering, natural science, sculpture, poetry, fables, music and anatomy. In the time that another artist would finish a series of paintings, he would work on one. Sometimes a painting would take decades, accompanying him on his travels as he worked on other commissions. Leonardo's private world was both vibrant and active. It sometimes did and at other times did not interact with the wider world. But what emerged from it has established Leonardo as the definition of the Renaissance Man.

Pit your wits against the genius of the Leonardo da Vinci with this collection of mind-bending narrative puzzles, inspired by the master of the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci was a true polymath skilled in inventing, painting, drawing, geology, and astronomy to name but a few - and you'll need to channel his creativity and visual skill in order to solve these puzzles. Each narrative puzzle is staged in da Vinci's own life. You will be whisked away to the streets of Renaissance Italy as you help him solve problems with new inventions, crack encryptions in artwork and much more. - Think like a master: This intriguing collection of creative and visual puzzles will help you to hone your creative skills and help you to think like a Renaissance master. - Workout your brain: Improve your logic, lateral thinking and problem solving with these intriguing puzzles.

This adaptation of Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1568) focuses on the three giants of Italian Renaissance art - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Raphael. Described as the 'first important book in art history', Vasari's account takes a biographical form, peppered with entertaining anecdotes and observations on art theory. This hardback edition is illustrated with gorgeous full colour images and has its own beautifully decorated slipcase.

This carefully edited collection of Leonardo da Vinci's original notebooks provides a representative selection of his genius and shows how he recorded his thoughts on a variety of topics. Selections from his work on anatomy, on the flight of birds, warfare, and of course, his stunning inventions, such as the flying machine, are included. The original drawings and diagrams from his notebooks are placed next to the relevant text so that the reader can see Leonardo's mind at work.

An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last. As millions of readers around the globe have already discovered, The Da Vinci Code is a reading experience unlike any other. Simultaneously lightning-paced, intelligent, and intricately layered with remarkable research and detail, Dan Brown's novel is a thrilling masterpiece-from its opening pages to its stunning conclusion.

Leonardo da Vinci's apprentice Salai gets into the Centre of technological support of Moscow education by using master's time-travel machine. Here, together with kids and modern digital technologies: 3D printers, 3D scanners, laser cutting machines and other gadgets, they get to rebuild machines and mechanisms of the great engineer, artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci. With the help of special app for smartphones and tablets, readers will be able to see the greatest inventions of Leonardo, animated by technologies of augmented reality. The book is made for children of early and middle age, who learn new digital technologies and eager to know more about Leonardo da Vinci's creation. We invite all the readers to exhibition "Leonardo in 3D", that will be taking place in territory of an old Moscow manor Lublino, near the amazing castle. The castle, just like the exhibition, reminds us of Italy culture and art, and his original architectural decision echoes with extraordinary ideas of the great Leonardo da Vinci.

An extraordinary collection of thematically linked essays, including The Uncanny, Screen Memories and Family Romances. Leonardo da Vinci fascinated Freud primarily because he was keen to know why his personality was so incomprehensible to his contemporaries. In this probing biographical essay he deconstructs both da Vinci's character and the nature of his genius. As ever, many of his exploratory avenues lead to the subject's sexuality - why did da Vinci depict the naked human body the way hedid? What of his tendency to surround himself with handsome young boys that he took on as his pupils? Intriguing, thought-provoking and often contentious, this volume contains some of Freud's best writing.

Leonardo da Vinci is known world-wide as the painter of the Mona Lisa, for designs of flying machines and for his studies of the human body. He brought his scientific and artistic abilities together so successfully that he is as famous now, five hundred years after his death, as in his lifetime.

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A beautiful and dynamic new way of looking at the work of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest painters, inventors, and scientists of all time. Experience the most famous Renaissance artist and inventor in a brand-new way. Courtney Watson McCarthy has crafted many brilliant pop-up books, featuring artists like Antoni Gaudi? and Salvador Dali?, and Leonardo Pop-Ups is the most dynamic yet. McCarthy showcases a variety of pop-ups showing off Da Vinci's many talents; beyond his famous Renaissance paintings, Da Vinci has also been called the father of paleontology and architecture, and has been credited with the inventions of such diverse machines as the helicopter, the parachute, and the tank. Featuring many of Da Vinci's most enduring artworks, both as illustrations and pop-ups, including The Vitruvian Man, The Last Supper, and, of course, the Mona Lisa, Leonardo Pop-Ups also includes Da Vinci's self-portrait, an overview of his architectural designs, and inventions such as a flapping ornithopter. A beautiful new way of looking into one of the greatest minds of all time, Leonardo Pop-Ups is fun for experienced art historians and budding artists alike. 6 color pop-ups and 12 color illustrations

Drawings of an era-defining mastermind One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world’s most famous paintings, this scientist, artist, philosopher, inventor, builder, and mechanic epitomized the great flowering of human consciousness that marks his era. As part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, Leonardo da Vinci – The Graphic Work features top-quality reproductions of 663 of Leonardo’s drawings, more than half of which reside in the Royal Collection of Windsor Castle. From anatomical studies to architectural plans, from complex engineering designs to pudgy infant portraits, delve in and delight in the delicate finesse of one of the most talented minds, and hands, in history.

Painter, inventor, architect, scientist, and engineer: Leonardo da Vinci stands to this day as one of the most accomplished human beings ever to have lived. Whether the smallest arteries of the human heart, exquisite biblical scenes, or far-flung constellations of the universe, explore his insatiable quest for knowledge, invention, and beauty.

The latest addition to the best-selling Colour Library series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art features all Leonardo's painted works and a detailed illustrated introduction.

The latest addition to the best-selling Colour Library series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art features all Leonardo's painted works and a detailed illustrated introduction.

The creator of Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) officially sold at auction in New York in November 2017 for the record-breaking sum of GBP341 million. He was historys most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? Based on thousands of pages from Leonardos astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardos genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him historys most creative genius. His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from having wide-ranging passions. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted historys most memorable smile. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardos lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings and inventions. Leonardos delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it-to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different.

In this painting of Leonardos there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human. Often called "the first art historian", Vasari writes with delight on the lives of Leonardo and other celebrated Renaissance artists . Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguins 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.