Présentation de l'éditeur
- Part I explores Leonardo's life and work in ten chapters, drawing upon his letters, contracts, diary entries, and writings. All of his paintings are presented and interpreted in depth, with The Annunciation and The Last Supper featured on large double-spreads.
- Part II comprises a catalogue raisonné of Leonardo's paintings, which covers all of his surviving and lost painted works and includes texts describing their states of preservation. Each and every painting that can be justifiably attributed to Leonardo is included here; thanks to new findings and scientific research, this is the first time his definitive painting oeuvre is being published.
- Part III contains an extensive catalogue of his drawings (numbering in the thousands, they cannot all be reproduced in one book); 663 are presented, arranged by category (architecture, technical, anatomical, figures, proportion, cartography, etc). Over half of the drawings included were provided by Windsor Castle, marking the first time that the Castle has allowed a publisher to reproduce so many of their drawings.
This sumptuous Taschen offering is the most thorough and beautifully produced Leonardo book ever published.
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Biographie de l'auteur
Johannes Nathan est l'auteur des textes du catalogue des dessins. En 1995, il passe sa thèse de doctorat en histoire de l'art au Courtauld Institute de Londres sur les méthodes de travail de Léonard de Vinci. Il enseigne à la New York University (1996/97) et à l'Institut d'Histoire de l'Art de l'université de Berne (1996-2001, où il dirige depuis 2000 le projet " artcampus ". Publications diverses sur la Renaissance italienne et les problèmes relatifs au mode de travail artistique. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
