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The Da Vinci notebooks [electronic resource] / edited and with an introduction by Emma Dickens.

by Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.

New York : Arcade Pub., 2011.

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

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http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=08A1136D-C615-44D6-AFA6-80ABF24BD829 This title is available online; click here to access

1 online resource : ill.

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.

A selection of sketches, diagrams, and notebook writings by the Italian Renaissance master offers insight into his theories and observations as well as his role in period art, town planning, science, and philosophy.

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