Leonardo's Notebooks: Writing and Art of the Great Master
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An all-new， jewel-like， reader-friendly format gives new life to this relaunch of an international best-seller。
Leonardo da Vinci—artist， inventor， and prototypical Renaissance man—is a perennial source of fascination because of his astonishing intellect and boundless curiosity about the natural and man-made world。 During his life he created numerous works of art and kept voluminous notebooks that detailed his artistic and intellectual pursuits。
The collection of writings and art in this magnificent book are drawn from his notebooks。 The book organizes his wide range of interests into subjects such as human figures， light and shade， perspective and visual perception， anatomy， botany and landscape， geography， the physical sciences and astronomy， architecture， sculpture， and inventions。 Nearly every piece of writing throughout the book is keyed to the piece of artwork it describes。
The writing and art is selected by art historian H。 Anna Suh， who provides fascinating commentary and insight into the material， making Leonardo's Notebooks an exquisite single-volume compendium celebrating his enduring genius。
Leonardo da Vinci—artist， inventor， and prototypical Renaissance man—is a perennial source of fascination because of his astonishing intellect and boundless curiosity about the natural and man-made world。 During his life he created numerous works of art and kept voluminous notebooks that detailed his artistic and intellectual pursuits。
The collection of writings and art in this magnificent book are drawn from his notebooks。 The book organizes his wide range of interests into subjects such as human figures， light and shade， perspective and visual perception， anatomy， botany and landscape， geography， the physical sciences and astronomy， architecture， sculpture， and inventions。 Nearly every piece of writing throughout the book is keyed to the piece of artwork it describes。
The writing and art is selected by art historian H。 Anna Suh， who provides fascinating commentary and insight into the material， making Leonardo's Notebooks an exquisite single-volume compendium celebrating his enduring genius。
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Dylan Firo
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This book is totally fantastic， I couldn't put it down。 This book is totally fantastic， I couldn't put it down。 。。。more
Anders Pettersen
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Takini
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I feel as if the world is a better place for Da Vinci existed。 In a way to my surprise I found more of a grumpy， perhaps lonely， genius than the legend presents （particularly in the chapter comparing arts） ， still those where is notes and only his full mind could seize the meaning and sense of them all。 The organisation of the book make it so that my interest kept growing as I read on， as I care for the humanities and times of Da Vinci， a lot more than the engineering or theories of painting。 Ha I feel as if the world is a better place for Da Vinci existed。 In a way to my surprise I found more of a grumpy， perhaps lonely， genius than the legend presents （particularly in the chapter comparing arts） ， still those where is notes and only his full mind could seize the meaning and sense of them all。 The organisation of the book make it so that my interest kept growing as I read on， as I care for the humanities and times of Da Vinci， a lot more than the engineering or theories of painting。 Happy to have read this historical work and lucky to be in such a time where you can enjoy the inner workings of a brilliant mind。 。。。more
Aila Dominguez Ramonet
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“Pleasure and Pain represent as twins， since there is one without the other; and as if they were united back to back， since they are contrary to each other”“The painter strives and competes with nature”“O Time！ Consumer of all things！”“For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known”
Martin Groenewoud
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As an （simple） example of Da Vinci's notebooks this is nice to read。 However it would be great to read the real CODEXES。 Some websites provide insight into some of the CODEXES but those might not all contain the real language and text。 But anyway I find Da Vinci the most amazing and interesting man who ever lived。 Considering the era he lived in his paintings， sculptures， studies and his 'inventions' are beyond his time。 Nice book。 As an （simple） example of Da Vinci's notebooks this is nice to read。 However it would be great to read the real CODEXES。 Some websites provide insight into some of the CODEXES but those might not all contain the real language and text。 But anyway I find Da Vinci the most amazing and interesting man who ever lived。 Considering the era he lived in his paintings， sculptures， studies and his 'inventions' are beyond his time。 Nice book。 。。。more
Razlad
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not much
Bekir Akman
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Ricoira
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i found it very interesting， i read it in two days， great。
翰林院编修
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 达·芬奇笔记 9。1 （120人评价） [意] 列奥纳多·达·芬奇 著 / 刘勇 / 湖南科学技术出版社 / 2018列奥纳多达芬奇是艺术家、发明家和典型的文艺复兴人。这是一种永恒的魅力源泉，因为他对自然和人造世界有着惊人的智慧和无限的好奇心。
TinocoRM
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I like it， I find it good and interesting for all those art lovers
Nathalia
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This is so nice。 Given the luxury of time I want to reread this one。。。
Zhijing Jin
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This book contains many raw notes of Leonardo da Vinci。 It can be a supplementary of Walter Isaacson's Leonardo da Vinci [My Review]。1） Da Vinci is an extensive experimenter。 His sketches of various people's various body parts' various positions are an extensive search of all combinations of human bodies。 The problem of this exploration is similar to the problem of statistical learning: （a） remembering the surface-level regularities but not deeper scientific laws， （b） not the minimum description This book contains many raw notes of Leonardo da Vinci。 It can be a supplementary of Walter Isaacson's Leonardo da Vinci [My Review]。1） Da Vinci is an extensive experimenter。 His sketches of various people's various body parts' various positions are an extensive search of all combinations of human bodies。 The problem of this exploration is similar to the problem of statistical learning: （a） remembering the surface-level regularities but not deeper scientific laws， （b） not the minimum description length of world phenomena （Da Vinci's way needs a large memory space）， （c） not robust to distribution shift。Nonetheless， his one-level-deeper surface-level exploration （e。g。， anatomy， understanding light） already makes his painting fundamentally different from other painters who mainly care about the shallowest surface-level resemblance。2） Emergence of "measurement" and hypothesis testing: e。g。， length of throat is the length of the 18th part of the body3） Understanding of light: emergence of basic geometry。 He also observes mist， how trees and architectures change according to distance， size， mist， etc。 He observes water/smoke with a dark background to be blue and then infers that the sky is blue because the things out of the sky is pure darkness。4） His understanding of muscles is out of the world。 It fits lots of the knowledge of a modern fitness coach。5） Other drawings: water and cartography; symmetry in architecture; mechanical design of waterwheel， pulleys， gears， weapons， etc。 。。。more
Bianca Cojocaru
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"And if you call painting dumb poetry， the painter may call poetry blind painting。 Now which is the worse defect？ To be blind or dumb？""For nothing can be either loved or hated unless it is first known。" "And if you call painting dumb poetry， the painter may call poetry blind painting。 Now which is the worse defect？ To be blind or dumb？""For nothing can be either loved or hated unless it is first known。" 。。。more
Destiny
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Markus
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Leonardo’s NotebooksEdited by H。 Anna Suh （2013）Mona Lisa and a dozen incomparably， unique beautiful paintings are the heritage our civilization has received from the greatest of all Renaissance artists。Plus， about four thousand notes。This book of notes is the perfect complement to Leonardo’s biography。The editor aimed to present Leonardo’s writings to lay readers in a way he could enjoy the work， overcoming the language barrier， the left-handed mirror writing style， the wide range of subjects t Leonardo’s NotebooksEdited by H。 Anna Suh （2013）Mona Lisa and a dozen incomparably， unique beautiful paintings are the heritage our civilization has received from the greatest of all Renaissance artists。Plus， about four thousand notes。This book of notes is the perfect complement to Leonardo’s biography。The editor aimed to present Leonardo’s writings to lay readers in a way he could enjoy the work， overcoming the language barrier， the left-handed mirror writing style， the wide range of subjects treated on many single pages。The contents are classified into major groups， Beauty， Reason and Art; Observation and Order; and Practical Matters。For readers of Leonardo’s biography， many of the drawings and parts of the notes are familiar。 It helps to find them in order of interest。 Needless to read everything from cover to cover， it becomes pleasant to read by just following the favourite areas of personal preference。Young modern artists can hardly find any better source for learning to draw and to paint of higher authority and greater beauty。 。。。more
James Strawn
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I don't like to give out five star ratings easily and I hardly ever apply the term genius to the product of an individual。 However Leonardo's Notebooks are deserving of both those things。 Sure， the presentation was not perfect， but neither was Leonardo。 In fact， he summed it up best in his own words on p。 389 of the printed version:I am fully conscious that， not being a literary man， certain presumptuous persons will think that they may reasonably blame me， alleging that I am not a man of letter I don't like to give out five star ratings easily and I hardly ever apply the term genius to the product of an individual。 However Leonardo's Notebooks are deserving of both those things。 Sure， the presentation was not perfect， but neither was Leonardo。 In fact， he summed it up best in his own words on p。 389 of the printed version:I am fully conscious that， not being a literary man， certain presumptuous persons will think that they may reasonably blame me， alleging that I am not a man of letters。 Foolish folks！。。。 They will say that I， having no literary skill， cannot properly express that which I desire to treat of， but they do not know that my subjects are to be dealt with by experience rather than by words。Enjoy the book。 。。。more
Patricia Meier
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This is a beautiful book about a brilliant man。 Lovely to have as a coffee table book as well
Pratibha Baveja
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Great insights into the varied interests and futuritic notes of the polymath。 However， it might initially be a bit slow， probably due to the effect of translation。
Hesama
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The book is a bit strong。
Gualju
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This story is very amazing。
Guido Beauchez
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So， so， my expectations exceeded the content of his notebooks。 Interesting nontheless
António Costa
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Um livro maravilhoso sobre um dos grandes génios da humanidade。 O que seria de nós sem certos sujeitos que alavancam o progresso？
Toby Bond
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Good to read， but the language makes it difficult going。 Interesting that Leonardo probably discovered a number of ideas relating to motion and fluid dynamics well ahead of the scientists we attribute to their discovery。 Incredible he was so multi-talented， juggling projects in diverse subjects and working in a frenzy and at times not at all。 He comes across as quite money-oriented， although as he lived by his wits and seemed to be cheated often it's understandable。 Good to read， but the language makes it difficult going。 Interesting that Leonardo probably discovered a number of ideas relating to motion and fluid dynamics well ahead of the scientists we attribute to their discovery。 Incredible he was so multi-talented， juggling projects in diverse subjects and working in a frenzy and at times not at all。 He comes across as quite money-oriented， although as he lived by his wits and seemed to be cheated often it's understandable。 。。。more
Colin
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A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。
Idella
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A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。
Hassan
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A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。
Alysson
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A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。
Otho
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A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。
Arch
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A well written book。 Enjoyed reading it。
Candido
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