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A Treatise on Painting
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Author/Editor: Leonardo da Vinci, John Francis Rigaud
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This work is the principal repository of da Vinci's practical thoughts on the technique of drawing and painting. It begins with precise instructions on drawing the human body and then moves on to techniques of rendering motion. Includes 48 anatomical drawings by Nicholas Poussin and geometrical and a...  read more
 


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This work is the principal repository of da Vinci's practical thoughts on the technique of drawing and painting. It begins with precise instructions on drawing the human body and then moves on to techniques of rendering motion. Includes 48 anatomical drawings by Nicholas Poussin and geometrical and architectural designs by Leon Battista Alberti.
Unabridged republication of the John Francis Rigaud translation, as published by George Bell and Sons, London, 1877.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486441555
ISBN 13: 9780486441559
Author/Editor: Leonardo da Vinci, John Francis Rigaud
Page Count: 208
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Publication date: January 2005
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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