Was Leonardo's pronounced vocation for scientific research a help or a hindrance to him as an artist? It is normal to quote him as an example of scientific and artistic theory joined together. In him, genius took on a new meaning combining reason that actually reinforced the imagination and the emotions. A profound savant and an incomparable creator, he was the only man in the history of mankind who has at once delved into the most radiant beauty...

"He was an artist, inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, sculptor, and scientist, he painted some of the world's most famous works of art and dreamed up over 400 machines that were spectacularly ahead of his time--he even invented the helicopter! Discover one of history's most amazing minds in this entertaining guide to his extraordinary life."--Back cover.

"A picture book biography of Leonardo da Vinci"--

"Sheds fascinating light . . . [a] compact highlight reel of the most important images of the thousands the artist produced." —The New York Times
 
Leonardo da Vinci was born in the small Tuscan town of Vinci in April 1452. Over the centuries, he has become one of the most famous people in the history of visual culture. This lavishly illustrated volume by Martin Kemp—one of the world's leading authorities on da Vinci—offers...

"The term 'Renaissance man' is used to describe a number of talented individuals today, but it got its real start with Leonardo da Vinci. As an artist, inventor, and scholar, he produced everything from the Mona Lisa to drawings of the world's first airplanes. Through informative main text and sidebars, annotated quotes from scholars, and detailed examples of da Vinci's work, readers are introduced to a genius who never went to formal school but invented...

"In the tradition of The Lady in Gold and The Hare with the Amber Eyes, the remarkable story behind one of history's most enigmatic portraits. Five hundred and thirty years ago, a young woman sat for her portrait, which was to be painted by a tall, Grecian-nosed artist known as Leonardo da Vinci. Her name was Cecilia Gallerani, and she was the teenage mistress of the Duke of Milan. With shining hair and alabaster skin, and a thin veil framing her...

A world-renowned expert in the field of leadership development and creative thinking, Michael J.Gelb believes you don't have to be a genius to think like one. His credentials have earned him an impressive clientele, including Amoco, Xerox, ATT, DuPont, and Merck. Drawing upon Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, the author presents the "Seven da Vincian Principles" upon which anyone can build a more fulfilling and productive life. Interactive exercises...

Profiles the lives and discusses the humor and tragedy of artists of the sixteenth century to the twentieth century, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso.

A tiny prayer book carried by a queen to her execution. An atlas so huge that it takes six people to lift it. A handmade gospel hidden in a saint's coffin, and Shakespearean folios so precious they are kept in a bombproof storeroom. From stories of man-eating monsters, brave knights, and wicked witches to tales of lost children, magical creatures, haunted moors, and flying machines, award-winning duo Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom bring to life...