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Leonardo Da Vinci's Treatise of Painting
The Story of The World's Greatest Treatise on Painting - Its Origins, History, Content, And Influence.
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Leonardo Da Vinci's Treatise of Painting
The Story of The World's Greatest Treatise on Painting - Its Origins, History, Content, And Influence.
About this book
This book traces the story of the world's greatest treatise on painting - Leonardo Da Vinci's "Treatise of Painting". It combines an extensive body of literature about the Treatise with original research to offer a unique perspective on:
• Its origins, and history of how it survived the dispersal of manuscripts;
• Its contents, their significance and how Leonardo developed his Renaissance Theory of Art;
• The development of both the abridged and complete printed editions;
• How the printed editions have influenced treatises and art history throughout Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and America from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Leonardo 1452
- Chapter 2 Florence First Period 1466-1483
- Chapter 3 Milan First Period 1483-1499
- Chapter 4 The Wandering Years 1499-1503
- Chapter 5 Florence Second Period 1503-1506
- Chapter 6 Milan Second Period 1506-1513
- Chapter 7 Rome 1513-1515
- Chapter 8 France 1516-1519
- Chapter 9 Leonardo’s Will
- Chapter 10 Leonardo’s Legacy
- Chapter 11 Francesco Melzi and the Treatise of Painting
- Chapter 12 An Earlier Treatise on Painting
- Chapter 13 Orazio Melzi and the Dispersal of the Manuscripts
- Chapter 14 The Manuscripts that have Survived
- Stemma of the Dispersal of the Manuscripts
- Chapter 15 Other Treatises on Painting
- Chapter 16 Manuscript Copies of the Treatise of Painting
- Chapter 17 The Codex Huygens
- Chapter 18 The Printed Editions and their Development
- Chapter 19 The First Printed Edition - Du Frêsne 1651
- Chapter 20 Complete Editions of the Codex Urbinas
- Chapter 21 Art Theory from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
- Chapter 22 Leonardo’s Development of Art Theory
- Chapter 23 The Influence of Leonardo’s Art Theory
- Chapter 24 Leonardo’s Reputation and Influence
- Chapter 25 Leonardo’s Art Today
- The Provenance of Leonardo’s Paintings
- Postscript
- Appendices
- Appendix 4 The Concordance
- Appendix 5 Dates of Manuscripts and Paintings
- Appendix 6 The Life of Leonardo da Vinci by Paolo Giovio
- Appendix 7 Leonardo da Vinci by the Anonimo Gaddiano
- Bibliography
- Index