A Treatise on Painting

by Leonardo da Vinci, John Francis Rigaud (Translator)

Overview

Since the former edition of this work was published, the able Translator has paid the debt of nature.* Mr. Rigaud being himself a painter, and highly appreciating the merits of Leonardo da Vinci, felt that he should derive pleasure from exhibiting his well-known Treatise on Painting to the British public with superior advantage. He, therefore, not only gave a new translation, but formed a better arrangement of the materials

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161330708
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	07/18/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

It was on April 15, 1452, that Leonardo was born in the town of Vinci, Republic of Florence, in what is now in Italy, the illegitimate son of a notary and a barmaid. It is from his birthplace that he is known as Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo seemed to master every subject to which he turned his attention: he was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer, wrote poetry and stories: the prototype Renaissance man!