by Leonardo da Vinci · Ediciones Akal, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788446022640
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Leonardo da Vinci's 'Treatise on Painting' is a fundamental work in Renaissance art theory. This Akal edition, belonging to the 'Básica de Bolsillo' collection, offers a rigorous revision of the original text, with an extensive critical apparatus and images that enrich the understanding of Leonardo's thought. Although it was not printed until the 18th century, the fragmentary manuscripts that compose it circulated widely throughout Europe, arousing the curiosity of artists and scholars. This edition seeks to fulfill the demand for an updated and accessible Spanish artistic bibliography.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology. Leonardo is widely regarded as a genius who epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his collective works contributed to the development of European art to an extent rivalled only by that of his younger contemporary Michelangelo.
