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Leonardo da Vinci / V. P. Zubov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zubov, V. P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Künste, Bildende Kunst allgemein.
- Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
- Local Subjects:
- Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- -- Leonardo Da Vinci was the original Renaissance man, "a man for all seasons, " with some of the most profound discoveries and accomplishments ever documented. -- This is the first English translation of the acclaimed Russian volume published in 1962. -- Zubov presents an interpretative biography in which he seeks to describe the characteristics of Da Vinci's scientific and philosophical ideas.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES
- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN MANUSCRIPT CITATIONS
- 1. BIOGRAPHY
- 2. WRITINGS
- 3. SCIENCE
- 4. THE EYE, SOVEREIGN OF THE SENSES
- 5. THE PARADISE OF THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
- 6. TIME
- 7. HOMO FABER
- APPENDIX: THE MANUSCRIPTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- WORKS CITED
- NOTES
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-59415-0
- OCLC:
- 1024021544
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