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Leonardo Da Vinci: 1452-1519: The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Taschen 25th Anniversary) |  | Authors: Frank Zollner, Johannes Nathan
Publisher: Taschen
List Price: $70.00
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 28993
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 25th
Pages: 695
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.6
Dimensions (in): 15.4 x 10.2 x 2.4
ISBN: 3822838276
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9783822838273
ASIN: 3822838276
Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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Product Description
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! Special bestseller price Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed one of the greatest minds of all time; his importance and influence are inestimable. This XXL-format comprehensive survey is the most complete book ever made on the subject of this Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist and all-around genius. With huge, full-bleed details of Leonardo's masterworks, this highly original publication allows the reader to inspect the subtlest facets of his brushstrokes. * Part I explores Leonardo's life and work in ten chapters. All of his paintings are interpreted in depth, with The Annunciation and The Last Supper featured on large double-spreads. * Part II comprises a catalogue raisonn? of Leonardo's paintings, which covers all of his surviving and lost painted works and includes texts describing their states of preservation. * Part III contains an extensive catalogue of his drawings (numbering in the thousands, they cannot all be reproduced in one book); 663 are presented, arranged by category (architecture, technical, anatomical, figures, proportion, cartography, etc). This sumptuous TASCHEN offering is the most thorough and beautifully produced Leonardo book ever published, and this special edition offers it for a third of the usual price.
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 Best Buy for the Price January 25, 2009
L. P. Stone (San Francisco, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A comprehensive presentation, this book offers a full-perspective of daVinci's genius. The conceptual sketches allow insight into his far-sighted vision and untappable thinking process. The finished works demonstrate the highly disciplined deliberation of his messages. A work of art itself with color plates and text, the book is an item that can be enjoyed for everyday display as well as for lifelong reference.
Unbelievable Value January 11, 2009
Christina Weller (Dayton, Ohio)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Beautifully bound. A true quality collection of Da Vinci portraits. I purchased this as a gift for a friend and was extremely pleased when I received it--so was the recipient. This is an excellent addition to any library.
Leonardo's Opus is a Taschen Masterpiece October 13, 2008
T. Mario
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Taschen seems to be forging ahead in the publishing world with their off-beat, sometimes extreme, always interesting and esoteric attractively priced books. Leonardo is one of them. A large book, this is no bedside table read. The print quality is very good, and the larger than life pictures of Leonardo's paintings and drawings give you a real sense of the intricacy that went into his work, and lets you get a lot closer than you could today to his work if you wanted to see it live. The Mona Lisa is behind bullet proof glass, most of his notebooks in temperature controlled libraries far from prying hands and eyes.. so if you really want to get close, to see the brush-strokes and minute scrawls in his ink drawings, then this book is it.
For who is it? Anyone interested in beauty, in art and painting, as well as anyone interested in genius and the multifaceted Renaissance man. You'll need a sturdy coffee table or a large library to house it, but you won't be sorry you bought it.
I only gave it 4 stars because I really dislike the 25th anniversary badge that is going on all Taschen books of late.. Good for you that you've reached that milestone Taschen, but don't expect me to want to advertise it in my bookshelf. The book comes in a slip-case, and just as well because the Amazon.com packaging was really atrocious and the box arrived quite banged around. Their cost-cutting in packaging means that my slip case is totally destroyed on the top, but thankfully the book has managed to survive (mostly) unscathed. Amazon will be getting a stern letter from me about this..
Simply Great September 6, 2008
Jan T. (NY USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've got it for a gift, fast and prompt service helped to make it very special experience.
Thank you.
A wonderful book... August 9, 2008
James Ashley (Melbourne, Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm going to buy shares in Taschen, I think...
I was pretty darn happy from the moment I pulled this book out of its slipcase. So many well-reproduced illustrations of Leonardo's paintings and drawings and really interesting text too. It's one of my favourite art books in my collection.
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