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Leonardo Lives: The Codex Leicester and Leonardo Da Vinci's Legacy of Art and Science Paperback – January 1, 1997

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Like other notebooks by Leonardo, the manuscript now known as the Codex Leicester was a working record of observations, experiments, and arguments. In it he rendered observations of natural phenomena in words, images, and diagrams. When Microsoft founder Bill Gates purchased the Codex Leicester in 1994, it made headlines around the world; this volume makes Leonardo's notebook accessible to everyone. The Codex Leicester is a product of Leonardo da Vinci's restless intellectual curiosity. By about 1508, when the Renaissance master began to work on this notebook, he had already painted his most acclaimed work, the Mona Lisa, and was working in Milan on the enigmatic Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. Both pictures feature meticulously painted landscape backgrounds that testify to Leonardo's study and scientific understanding of geology, weather, rivers, and mountains -- issues that he pursued in the Codex Leicester. Leonardo Lives explores the close relationship of art and science in Leonardo's work, but it also presents the variety of ways in which he has continued to inspire artists from the 16th century to the present.
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Seattle Art Museum
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 1997
  4. ISBN-10
    093221648X
  5. ISBN-13
    978-0932216489
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seattle Art Museum
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 1997
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 093221648X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0932216489
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.11 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    2.8 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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    Trevor Fairbrother is a free-lance writer and curator. He has organized exhibitions for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Seattle Art Museum; the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover; the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem.

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    The Codex Leicester is the only Leonardo manuscript owned in the United States and the only one in the world still in private hands. Since Microsoft chairman Bill Gates purchased it in 1994 for $30.8 million, it has been exhibited in Venice, Milan, Rome,Paris and New York.
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