Treatise on Painting (da Vinci - paperback)

Author: Leonardo da Vinci

File under: da Vinci

ISBN: 9781573929509

Binding: paperback

Section: Art

Anyone who has looked in amazement at the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, or the many drawings that sprang from Leonardo da Vinci's fertile imagination may wonder how he accomplished these astounding works of art. Fortunately for posterity, Leonardo left his Treatise on Painting, essentially a primer for students interested in learning the craft of drawing and painting. Even a quick perusal of this multifaceted work will reveal the great artist's famously keen powers of observation and his scientific approach to the study of nature.