Leonardo Da Vinci E La Geologia Classic Reprint

Author : Osvald Siren
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334039805
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Leonardo Da Vinci written by Osvald Siren and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-22 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Leonardo Da Vinci: The Artist and the Man Thus in studying Leonardo as an artist, we are often obliged to have resort to suggestions and reminiscences, preparatory studies and imitations, rather than to complete, original works of the master himself. The chief duty of the historian of art thus in many cases consists of a study of the preparatory drawings (and of the imita tions), which may together serve to enlighten us as to the appearance and nature of the lost or unfinished work. It cannot be denied that this involves a regrettable limitation and a formidable Obstacle to the popularization of Leonardo's works; the limitation is, however, not so great as many are disposed to assume. The preludes and impromptus of a great composer may contain all the beautiful motives of his completed symphonies, even if the instrumentation be poor and the execution perfunctory. It is beyond the scope of the present study to mention all that Leonardo prepared and planned as an artist. We must confine our selves mainly to paintings and sculptures which were executed wholly or in part, and to such drawings as were made in preparation for important works. It has not been my main Object to explain and analyze everything; on the contrary, numbers of passages written with that purpose in the original manuscript have been excluded. I have chosen rather to direct attention and interest to Leonardo's chief qualities as an artist. Subjective hypotheses and questions of authenticity involving discussion of the pros and cons on certain moot points have been relegated to a subordinate place, and priority has been given to the study of the artist's mode of expression and to the course of his steady development in the light of his authentic works. For this purpose it also seems that comparisons between Leonardo's works and earlier and later representations of similar subjects by other artists will not fail to be of value, since Leonardo's position in the history of art, and the epoch-making character of his contributions both in line and form can be realized most forcibly in the light of such comparison. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.