Leonardo Da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Taschen 25)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed one of the greatest minds of alltime; his importance and influence are inestimable. This XXL-formatcomprehensive survey is the most complete book ever made on the subject ofthis Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist andall-around genius. With huge, full-bleed details of Leonardo's masterworks,this highly original publication allows the reader to inspect the subtlestfacets of his brushstrokes. * Part I explores Leonardo's life and work in ten chapters. All of hispaintings are interpreted in depth, with The Annunciation and The LastSupper featured on large double-spreads. * Part II comprises a catalogue raisonnea of Leonardo's paintings, whichcovers all of his surviving and lost painted works and includes textsdescribing their states of preservation. * Part III contains an extensive catalogue of his drawings (numbering inthe thousands, they cannot all be reproduced in one book); 663 arepresented, arranged by category (architecture, technical, anatomical,figures, proportion, cartography, etc). This sumptuous TASCHEN offering is the most thorough and beautifullyproduced Leonardo book ever published, and this special edition offers itfor a third of the usual price.