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Lists with This Book. Oct 23, Constantin rated it it was amazing Shelves: This must be the best reference book on Leonardo da Vinci out there. It is almost pocket size but it has so much in it! Exceeded expectations to be honest as I was surprised at the amount of information and the clarity of the images given the size. Unfortunately, due to its size some of the images, especially the manuscripts are illegible even though the scans are great BUT for every little thing in the book, there is information on the side of "What it is, year, name, where to find it" so if you This must be the best reference book on Leonardo da Vinci out there.

Unfortunately, due to its size some of the images, especially the manuscripts are illegible even though the scans are great BUT for every little thing in the book, there is information on the side of "What it is, year, name, where to find it" so if you want to do further research and see the full size of the documents, well, you can!

Fascinating and well made! Aug 09, Brenda rated it really liked it. Mar 14, Rik rated it it was amazing. A great read - concise yet informative, thorough yet easily digestible. The peculiar dimensions of the book make it a little difficult to read "on the go" but the beautiful plates certainly make up for one's aching hand.

Ironically, difficult to put down. Jun 24, Feliks rated it really liked it Shelves: Fabulous book to flip through and browse. Febrile and cogent; every section. But impossible to read all the way through--I'm marking it to my 'abandoned' shelf because its not really a book I would ever consider 'finished' or 'done with'. Jun 05, So B rated it it was amazing.

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He's like my daddy. Feb 06, Niederhoffer rated it liked it. It's awesome, but I don't understand why they made it so small. Feb 04, Lokeshkorlakunta is currently reading it. IActually I want to by this book but I don't know what is inside the book that it is required for my carrier.

Feb 14, Hacker added it. Laura rated it it was amazing Nov 01, Molly rated it it was amazing Sep 06, Richie rated it it was amazing Feb 09, Ina Cici rated it it was amazing Feb 23, Sogyel Tobgyel rated it it was amazing Mar 10, Mohab rated it it was amazing Apr 12, RA Kweli rated it it was amazing Sep 28, Andrej Georgievski rated it it was amazing Mar 18, Oscar rated it really liked it May 12, Vivin rated it it was amazing Nov 02, Raj rated it it was amazing Jan 12, Amin rated it it was amazing Sep 11, Edgardo rated it really liked it Oct 10, Ahmed Ben Fatma rated it it was amazing Jan 31, Make sure to prepare with some extra pencils and paper--because you will be making some extra "blueprints" and maybe even a few extra trips to the hardware store to build some stuff Whenever I see the grammar police rear their ugly head, I'll remember LDV wrote backwards in an indecipherable scrawl and with an akward form of shorthand.

Da Vinci was a bloody genius. Given that Leonardo never had much of a formal education, and that his intelligence was borne out of observation and imagination, what this book contains is truly astonishing. It blurs what modernity would consider the lines between the arts and the sciences, but I don't think that matters. What really matters is the hard evidence that a self-taught scientist figured out things that were taught to me in my science lessons at school.

I'll give you an example. The way light hits and enters the eye. Da Vinci drew a diagram of it and it is so accurate that I found myself staring. Six hundred years later and modern science is using just what Da Vinci figured out. Of course, science has existed for millennia; I'm not suggesting Da Vinci was the father of modern science. But it is wonderful, reading this and going 'I learnt that in school! And he did it without modern technology or formal education!

What a truly remarkable man, and one who was far, far ahead of his time. Just imagine what he could be doing if he were alive today. I really urge you to. It is a fascinating read, and well worth your time. Mar 28, Mohammed Al-Garawi rated it it was amazing Shelves: No you don't get it. Those are the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. The ones he carried around all the time.

They contain his thoughts on painting, sculpturing, anatomy, architecture, philosophy, and many more intriguing subjects.

The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

They also showcase some of his scribbles and initial designs for inventions and paintings of people and scenery. Reading the notebooks gives you the privilege of diving into the mind of the Grand Designer. I never thought I'd be lucky to experience this. Absolutely a favo No you don't get it. Feb 26, Barb rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Such a look at the way da Vinci thought. Usually, we see his visual works. This book translates and organizes his written journals to provide us a look at his thoughts on art and the world around him.

Very enjoyable to browse, though not necessarily a work to be read straight through.

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I never knew who da Vinci was. It was only after watching the movie, The Da Vinci Code, I came to understand that Leonardo da Vinci was a person who creates puzzles for his time pass. He also drew few paintings like Mona Lisa and The Last Supper during that time, I didn't even know what was the significance of the painting. Slowly, there after I came to learn Leonardo was no puzzler person who creates puzzles , but an artist.

It is only after I read this book, I came to understand the r Review: It is only after I read this book, I came to understand the reason behind his fame. The text in this book has literally swept me off my feet. Though the methods he exercised were bizarre and awkward to understate. He got the general of the army to strip all this clothes and made him lie stark naked to draw some painting!! Description From the jacket - hand typed: For everyone who has read and enjoyed Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, here is an exceptional insight into da Vinci's inner world, in his own words and images.

The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci - a treasure house of unparalleled ingenuity, curiosity and creative energy - have inspired their readers for centuries. Fascinating and tantalizing their readers for centuries. Fascinating and tantalizing by turns, the individual pages of the notebooks, densely covered with da Vinci's sketches, jottings, calculations and detailed diagrams, are among the most prized possessions of the world's great art collectors.

Painters, sculptors, engineer; mathematician, philosopher, inventor; architect, anatomist and naturalist - da Vinci's talents are seemingly endless. This is new selection from the notebooks, bursting with imagination and quirkiness, sometimes cryptic or even incomprehensible, is the perfect introduction to the mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci. Those who know him as the celebrated painter of The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa will be astonished and intrigues by this sparkling testament to one of greatest minds of Western Civilization.

My take on the book: I rated this book four. And I rate da Vinci the whole five!!

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For me, before I read this book, painting was something way over my head. There are some painting I came across which are like a baby's puke of different colours on a canvas and that would price over a million rupees! Anyone can mix some colours and throw them on a canvas and call it a painting. After reading this book, there are two To read the whole review, click here Sep 12, CJ Bowen rated it liked it. Prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly.

Most of the original text and sketches have of course been lost either by time or by Leonardo's own design he deliberately corrupted his own texts to keep his competitors from stealing his works. It is a true shame that this knowledge is lost. Any free kindle edition is easily worth 4 stars. It is a rare treat to see Leonardo's mind at work.

He was one of the most gifted intellects ever created and just watching how he 'pieced' the workings of life and the known universe together is worth the t Most of the original text and sketches have of course been lost either by time or by Leonardo's own design he deliberately corrupted his own texts to keep his competitors from stealing his works.

He was one of the most gifted intellects ever created and just watching how he 'pieced' the workings of life and the known universe together is worth the time and study. Apr 29, Heather rated it it was amazing. One of the defining periods of my life was when I read Leonardo's notebooks. His awareness, curiosity, and maddening drive towards perfection of his understanding of reality is beautiful. You really get a grasp of his personality from the notebooks. He suffered greatly from the thought that he'd die before I got it all figured out. Apr 22, Fed rated it liked it. Leonardo's work is outstanding, this book is good, but the presentation could have been a bit more powerful.

Jan 25, Ecem Dilan rated it it was amazing. He has a big brain so he has lots o thing about everything. Short punchy excerpts that provide insight into a genius making his way in the world over years ago. Feb 09, Matthew Kowalski rated it it was amazing Shelves: On occasion I do as I am doing now which was choosing a book or a source close to the one I have read.

So that I might have some reference to the work that has interested me. I read this work in two forms a little red book at my community college the other being on the project gutenberg website. I think it's one of the best website ever created it serves the commons and I hope the commons serves it. Right now their is a war over the domain of information and this is a concern, because their are On occasion I do as I am doing now which was choosing a book or a source close to the one I have read.

Right now their is a war over the domain of information and this is a concern, because their are so many things that we should not claim ownership or domain over, yet we do and often times we pay for these things in ways that we cannot see at the time. The unknown unknown always constantly chomping at us from above or below. This book in any of it's forms is interesting though because the individual is interesting, though one might not be able to see the fellow as universally likable. The things that constructed his life and his positions, where the whirlpools and the vortices that he would describe.

Its not easy being a bastard at the time of his birth, or even now. Not having one or many parents can cause allot of problems in a persons life for a variety of reasons. Having your father see that you have great talent though and then invest in you to get you training and help that you otherwise would not get is quite wonderful. That and his big break with the kings and the merchants was to all of our benefits unfortunately it was siege technology that had them interested not in his other skills. I think to some degree he played the courts though by pushing out some things and not really bringing them into fruition, while otherwise entertaining the courts so that their could be much gaiety and joy.

He is interesting to me because he is interested in so many things curious completely and looking towards nature to answer his questions not people or authorities. Who needs a greater authority that which houses us all and we live within. So if you are curious and you want to know about a mind and it's flights and fantasies this work is perfect. Though so many things that were personal were not shared. Only things about observations and discoveries. Except for what I think the most tragic thing that I saw in his work when he was dying and he questioned the value of his life.

Saying that it was worth nothing. I say my dear friend from ages before, that your life was worth something it has helped so many of us who are curious or struggling thank you for your life. Apr 19, Harry Allagree rated it really liked it. He was always observing, always comparing, always perfecting his art.

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His mind must have constantly clicked along at a mph! In the last section, "Philosophy, Aphorisms, and Miscellaneous Writings", he says: Movement will fail sooner than usefulness…In serving others I cannot do enough. No labor is sufficient to tire me. Hands into which ducats and precious stones fall like snow; they never become tired by serving, but this service is only for its utility and not for our own benefit. Naturally nature has so disposed me. I am never weary of being useful. But I don't know if or how one could improve on this, given this books parameters.

In here are the words written by Leonardo of his philisophical ideas, lives of where he lived and his surroundings, his theories on color, perspective, proportion, architecture, foliage, physiology and so many other things that the Great One was curious about. One weakness though, the pictures were randomly arranged, sometimes I wondered why some were even there because it has no connection to the article on the p If you ever wondered what the GREAT Leonardo thought, then this is the book to get.

One weakness though, the pictures were randomly arranged, sometimes I wondered why some were even there because it has no connection to the article on the page. Still this book is worth reading. Speaking of sketches the man in the Chapter Observing page 82 and Chapter 18 - Anatomy page looks so much like Leonardo himself with a shave. Leonardo da Vinci - painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, atonomist, engineer, mathematician, philosopher, botanist, zoologist, physicist, physical geographer, set designer, costume maker, oh and here's something we missed - a poet!

Aug 19, Akshay Bade rated it really liked it. In here are the words written by Leonardo of his philosophical ideas, lives of where he lived and his surroundings, his theories on color, perspective, proportion, architecture, foliage, physiology and so many other things that the Great One was curious about. He was one of the most gifted intellects ever created a If you ever wondered what the GREAT Leonardo thought, then this is the book to get.