Description |
141 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm |
Contents |
Foreword / Oliver Everett -- Acknowledgments / Peter C. Marzio -- Leonardo the Anatomist / Martin Clayton -- Catalogue of the Exhibition / Martin Clayton and Ron Philo -- A Note on Leonardo's Manuscripts |
Summary |
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), one of the greatest figures of the Italian Renaissance, is renowned not only for the artistic mastery of his painting and drawing but for the richness of his intellect and his insatiable curiosity about all aspects of the natural and man-made world. Leonardo was among the first artists to study human anatomy in great detail, and his anatomical drawings reveal him to be a gifted observer of the human body. He studied not only living men and women but cadavers, which he dissected with painstaking care in order to draw each vessel, muscle, and organ with ultimate precision. The Royal Library at Windsor Castle houses the finest private collection of drawings in the world, and its greatest treasure is a magnificent group of more than six hundred sheets by Leonardo. Reproduced here are forty-one of his finest anatomical drawings, incorporating countless studies and commentaries in the artist's hand. The sheets, dating from 1489 to c. 1513, show the remarkable evolution, of his drawing style as well as his anatomical knowledge. Images of great beauty and scientific interest, they herald Leonardo as one of the most accomplished artists in the history of anatomy |
Notes |
"A Bulfinch Press book" -- t.p |
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"Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 28-Sept. 6, 1992" -- t.p. verso |
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Drwings and prints from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, and other institutions |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Credits |
Exhibition organised by the Royal Library at Windsor Castle in conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Subject |
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.
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Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain II, 1926- -- Art collections
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Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain II, 1926- -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Exhibitions.
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
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SUBJECT |
Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain II, 1926- |
Subject |
Windsor Castle. Royal Library.
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Windsor Castle. Royal Library -- Exhibitions.
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Anatomy, Artistic.
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Anatomy, Artistic -- Exhibitions.
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Drawing -- Private collections -- England -- Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead)
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Drawing -- Private collections -- England -- Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead) -- Exhibitions.
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Drawing -- Private collections -- England -- Windsor -- Exhibitions
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Anatomy, Artistic.
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Genre/Form |
Exhibition.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Author |
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
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Philo, Ronald.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Windsor Castle. Royal Library.
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LC no. |
91037933 |
ISBN |
0821219162 |
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