Leonardo Da Vinci and perfumes in the Renaissance / Senior editor: Nathalie Prat-Couadau.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clos-Lucé (Amboise, France), host institution.

Prat-Couadau, Nathalie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perfumes--Europe--History--15th century--Exhibitions.

Perfumes.

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519--Exhibitions.

Leonardo.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

189 pages : illustrations (color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : Éditions Skira Paris : Château du Clos Lucé, [2024]

Summary:

Leonardo da Vinci, famous for his contributions to art, science and engineering, showed a keen interest in the sense of smell and in perfume. His writings attest to his fascination with the science of smell and the possibility of developing a science comparable to those for sight or hearing. Leonardo recorded perfume recipes using the techniques of enfleurage and the distillation of flowers or bark. He drew designs for stills. In the Codex Atlanticus, we find a sketch of an oiselet de chypre (‘‘Cyprus birdie’’), an elaborate perfume burner fashionable during the Renaissance. --Press release

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Château du Clos Lucé, Ambroise, June 7-September 15, 2024

ISBN:

9782370742452

2370742453

OCLC:

1425237182

Publisher Number:

90101267904