Introduction; 1 Da Vinci's Life; 2 The Art; 3 The Designs; 4 The
Collections; 5 The Manuscripts; Bibliography.
Introduction by Carlo Pedretti
The artist’s life
Painting
- Baptism of Christ
- Annunciation (Florence)
- Annunciation (Paris)
- Portrait of Ginevra Benci
- Madonna of the Carnation
- Benois Madonna
- Adoration of the Magi
- Saint Jerome
- Virgin of the Rocks (Paris)
- Virgin of the Rocks (London)
- Portrait of a Musician
- Lady with the Ermine
(Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani)
- Portrait of a Lady (La Belle Ferronnière)
- Last Supper
- Sala delle Asse
- Portrait of Isabella d’Este
- Head of a Young Woman (La Scapiliata) -
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
and Saint John the Baptist (London)
- Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
and a Lamb (Paris)
- Saint John the Baptist
- Bacchus (Saint John)
- Mona Lisa or Gioconda
The drawings
Drawings in Italy
- Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi,
Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe
- Turin, Biblioteca Reale
- Venice, Gallerie dell’Accademia
- Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
- Rome, Gabinetto Nazionale
delle Stampe e dei Disegni
Drawings in Europe
Drawings in America
The Collections
Codex Atlanticus
Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Windsor Collection
Windsor Castle, Royal Library
- Anatomy
- Landscapes, plants and water studies
- Horses and other animals
- Figure studies
- Miscellaneous papers
The manuscripts
Codex Trivulziano
Milan, Biblioteca del Castello Sforzesco
Codex on the Flight of Birds
Turin, Biblioteca Reale
Manuscripts of France
Paris, Institut de France
Codices of Madrid
Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional
- Madrid I
- Madrid II
Codex Arundel
London, British Museum
Forster Codices (I-III)
London, Victoria and Albert Museum
Codex Hammer
Seattle, Bill Gates Collection
Libro di Pittura (Book on Painting)
Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana
Bibliography
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 ; May 2, 1519) was
an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect,
musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist,
geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps
more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance
humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype
of the Renaissance Man. He is widely considered to be one of the
greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely
talented person ever to have lived.
Leonardo was and is renowned primarily as a painter. Among his
works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait
and The Last Supper, the most reproduced religious painting of all
time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The
Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also
regarded as a cultural icon.
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