Categorii: Diverse
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2019
Editura: Royal Collection Trust
Tip copertă: Hardcover
Nr Pag: 204
ISBN: 9781909741461
Dimensiuni: l: 22.8cm | H: 28cm
Leonardo da Vinci s drawings are among the most accomplished and technically varied ever made. Detailed study of those in the Royal Collection the finest group in existence reveals much about his materials and techniques and his innovative approach to drawing.
This ground-breaking book explores a substantial number of Leonardo s most celebrated drawings in unprecedented detail. Using specialist microscopic photography it will open up a new understanding and appreciation of Leonardo s techniques and present new information on his materials, uncovering features invisible to the naked eye. In addition, infrared images bring to light the artist s first touches (including Leonardo s own thumbprint, show in the detail below) and under-drawings, many of which have not been seen for 500 years.