Leonardo da Vinci's Treatise of Painting

Title: Leonardo da Vinci's Treatise of Painting
Author: Pooler, Richard Shaw
Publisher: Vernon Art and Science
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d
Product Weight: 1.01 lbs.
Language: English
ISBN: 9781622730346

This book traces the story of the world's greatest treatise on painting - Leonardo Da Vinci's "Treatise of Painting". It combines an extensive body of literature about the Treatise with original research to offer a unique perspective on: - Its origins, and history of how it survived the dispersal of manuscripts; - Its contents, their significance and how Leonardo developed his Renaissance Theory of Art; - The development of both the abridged and complete printed editions; - How the printed editions have influenced treatises and art history throughout Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and America from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries.