Leonardo Da Vinci: Self, Art and Nature

by François Quiviger

This incisive and illuminating biography follows the three themes that shaped the life of Leonardo da Vinci and, through him, forever changed Western art and imagination: nature, art, and self-fashioning.

Nature and art helped form Leonardo. He spent his first twelve years in the Tuscan countryside before entering the most reputed artistic workshop of Florence. There he blossomed as one of the most promising painters of his time and promptly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789140706
• ISBN13: 9781789140705
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"