The Da Vinci notebooks. ([2011?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leonardo da Vinci ; edited and with an introduction by Emma Dickens.
• Authors: da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1519
• Editors: Dickens, Emma
• Contents: On his own writings -- On painting in general -- The perspective of disappearance -- On the theory of colours -- Aerial perspective -- On the proportions and movements of the human figure -- Moral precepts for the student of painting -- Judging a picture -- On light and shade -- Observing -- Gestures and character -- The artist's materials -- Philosophy of the art of painting -- Allegorical representations -- Mottoes and emblems -- Notes on sculpture -- Observations on architecture -- Anatomy -- Man compared with animals -- Physiology and medicine -- On astronomy -- Geography -- Notes on the natural world -- Machines and warfare -- Number tricks -- Philosophical maxims -- Moral sayings -- Polemics -- Studies on the life and habits of animals -- Fables -- Jests and tales -- Prophecies.
• Publisher Details: London : Profile Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 759.5; ART -- History -- General; Visual Arts; Art, Architecture & Applied Arts; Painting; Electronic books; Electronic books; Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc; Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847654038; 1847654037
• Related ISBNs: 1861979878; 9781861979872
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.