A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci. Translated From the Original Italian. Illustrated With a Great Number of Cuts. ... A new Edition

By Leonardo da Vinci and Leon Battista Alberti

Book Overview

Leonardo da Vinci's written observations about painting rank among the most remarkable from any era. Never edited by the author himself into a single coherent book, these writings were compiled many... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1379598931
• ISBN13: 9781379598930
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Very nice to read

This book contains an collection of writings by Leonardo da Vinci. It functions as a reconstruction of da Vinci's views on (the making of) art, since he planned to write a comprehensive treatise on the subject but never did. What I did miss, though, is an introduction that offers some historical background information on da Vinci and the art theory of his days, to put the whole thing into context. Either way, the book is a very nice addition to any art historical library (right next to Alberti's and Cennini's treatises)