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| Frank Zollner and Johannes Nathan. Leonardo da Vinci The Complete Paintings and Drawings. Hardcover. Leonardos life and work. Catalogue raisonne of Leonardos paintings. Extensive catalogue of his drawings 663 are represented, arranged by category. * Part I explores Leonardos 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 Leonardos 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.Elephant size . This is the most beautifully produced Leonardo book ever published. This magnificent XXL three-part compendium is the most complete book to date on Leonardo's life, drawings, and paintings. This spectacular resource includes huge full-bleed details of the artist's masterworks; drawings from the Windsor Castle archives; and new images showing the stunning restoration of Virgin of the Rocks, Mona Lisa, and Virgin and Child with St. Anne. Book zize 17.3x11.4x3.8. inches. Weight 20 lbs. 696 pages. Taschen, 2003. |