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Preface to the 2015 Edition

Leonardo da Vinci - Life and Piece of work, Frank Zöllner
--I The young artist in Florence 1469-1480
--II Professional breakthrough in Florence 1480-1482
--III A fresh commencement in Milan 1483-1484
--4 Ancestry as courtroom artist in Milan 1485-1494
--5 The creative person and "scientific discipline"
--VI From the Last Supper to the fall of Ludovico Sforza 1495-1499
--VII From Mantua to Venice and back to Florence 1500-1503
--Viii Leonardo in Florence 1504-1506: Battle paintings and "muscular rhetoric"
--IX Between

Preface to the 2015 Edition

Leonardo da Vinci - Life and Work, Frank Zöllner
--I The young creative person in Florence 1469-1480
--II Professional quantum in Florence 1480-1482
--III A fresh get-go in Milan 1483-1484
--Iv Beginnings as courtroom artist in Milan 1485-1494
--V The artist and "scientific discipline"
--Six From the Last Supper to the fall of Ludovico Sforza 1495-1499
--7 From Mantua to Venice and back to Florence 1500-1503
--VIII Leonardo in Florence 1504-1506: Battle paintings and "muscular rhetoric"
--IX Between Florence and Milan 1506-1510
--X The last years
Bibliographical References (Life and Work)

--Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Frank Zöllner
--The "Heidelberg Cicero", Frank Zöllner

The Graphic Work, Frank Zöllner and Johannes Nathan
--Perfecting the fine art of drawing
--1. Drawings and sketches for surviving or documented paintings
--two. Studies for equestrian monuments and horses
--three. Drawings of human being figures, animals and monsters
--4. Drapery studies
--5. Profile studies, character heads and grotesques
--6. Proportion drawings
--vii. Anatomical drawings
--8. Allegories, emblems and pictographs
--9. Plant studies
--10. Studies of landscapes, water and "natural catastrophes"
--11. Drawings of maps and plans
--12. Architectural studies
--thirteen. Engineering and mechanism studies
--14. Studies for military equipment
--15. Studies of flying machines and bird flight
--16. Studies on low-cal and shade
--17. Leonardo's manuscripts

Concordance of drawings
Bibliography
Index
Credits
Acknowledgements
Imprint

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Awesome prints showing every detail. 5 out of 5 stars

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Apr 28, 2012 Serena Grace rated it it was amazing

He demonstrated how a good understanding of math resulted in a better understanding of art- a true genius.

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" Today I read Leonardo da Vinci's volume on painting and at present understand why I have never been able to sympathise annihilation in it before."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Accurate description for the book. " Today I read Leonardo da Vinci's book on painting and at present sympathise why I take never been able to empathize anything in it before."
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February 24, 2012 Amanda rated information technology it was amazing

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While the paintings were, equally can be expected, remarkable, the writing really never captured the nuance of da Vinci.

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I bought an older version and it is and so fascinating and inspiring. The precision of near drawings is astonishing!

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Jul 02, 2017 Lotus rated information technology liked it

Presentation was nice, the two volumes in a slipcover, but I found many images rather ruined by the bounden. Informative interesting books though.

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Cute! I've had this for years and still pull it out from time to time to wait at the beautiful works from da Vinci. A must for any sort of library collection. Beautiful! I've had this for years and nevertheless pull it out from time to time to look at the beautiful works from da Vinci. A must for any sort of library collection. ...more

I don't know enough art theory to be able to understand, let lone review, this volume, so I guess I could say that it's inaccessible for beginners, a lot of the positive reviews I've seen has been from people who love Leonardo's work, and a lot of the less positive are from people who would become a restraining gild from him. You know, because the book isn't accurate to him as a person, but is more near the paintings.

I may be able to review this one twenty-four hours when I know what I'm talking about. Which i

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I may exist able to review this one day when I know what I'm talking about. Which is not today.

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This is my favorite era of art, so I enjoyed thumbing through this collection. I specially enjoyed the works work organized in these drove.

Frank Zöllner (built-in 26 June 1956 in Bremen) is a High german art historian and professor.

Zöllner studied history of art from 1977 to 1981. In 1983-1985 he was an 'Aby Warburg Young man' in the Warburg Found, in London. Later on his 1987 graduation took place at the Academy of Hamburg he worked from 1988 to 1992 as a research assistant at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome.

Zöllner has since 1996 been a

Frank Zöllner (born 26 June 1956 in Bremen) is a German fine art historian and professor.

Zöllner studied history of art from 1977 to 1981. In 1983-1985 he was an 'Aby Warburg Beau' in the Warburg Found, in London. After his 1987 graduation took place at the University of Hamburg he worked from 1988 to 1992 every bit a research assistant at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome.

Zöllner has since 1996 been a professor of medieval and modern art history at the University of Leipzig.

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