Product Description: This book is an invitation to join in the discussion not only about a single painting, but also about a unique moment in the history of ideas, a moment when Europe stood at the threshold of a new era of observational astronomy

Product Description: Many of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts were intended as preparatory sketches for future published works, and the Codex Leicester is one of the most advanced. Written densely on 18 sheets illustrated with geometrical diagrams and illustrations of experiments imagined and real, it is a complex and fascinating meditation around a subject that enthralled Leonardo for much of his career: water...read more