Leonardo's Notebooks

看達文西如何闡釋自己的藝術創作，他對自然界的觀察，以及對各種發明的奇思異想。身兼藝術家與發明家的達文西，是典型的文藝復興人，後代人們不斷地訝異於他的智識與對自然界和人為世界的無邊好奇心。他創作了許多的藝術作品，並且留下大量的筆記，來詳述他在藝術與知識上的追求。這本精彩合集選錄自達文西的筆記，結合了他的文字與藝術作品，將他廣泛的興趣，按照主題分門別類，包括人物、光影、透視與視覺感受、解剖學、植物學、風景、地理學、生理學、天文學、建築、雕塑與各種發明。本書選錄的文字，都是全篇文章所描述的藝術作品的關鍵。本書的文字與藝術，由藝術史學家H. Anna Suh精選，並提供精采的評論與洞見，達成了其他同類型的達文西筆記所無法達到的成就，是研究達文西思想的首選。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.