Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 ; May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Leonardo was and is renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper, the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded as a cultural icon. |Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519, Old Style)

Introduction; 1 Da Vinci's Life; 2 The Art; 3 The Designs; 4 The Collections; 5 The Manuscripts; Bibliography.



Introduction by Carlo Pedretti

The artist’s life

Painting

- Baptism of Christ

- Annunciation (Florence)

- Annunciation (Paris)

- Portrait of Ginevra Benci

- Madonna of the Carnation

- Benois Madonna

- Adoration of the Magi

- Saint Jerome

- Virgin of the Rocks (Paris)

- Virgin of the Rocks (London)

- Portrait of a Musician

- Lady with the Ermine

(Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani)

- Portrait of a Lady (La Belle Ferronnière)

- Last Supper

- Sala delle Asse

- Portrait of Isabella d’Este

- Head of a Young Woman (La Scapiliata)     - Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

and Saint John the Baptist (London)

- Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

and a Lamb (Paris)

- Saint John the Baptist

- Bacchus (Saint John)

- Mona Lisa or Gioconda

The drawings

Drawings in Italy

- Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi,

Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe

- Turin, Biblioteca Reale

- Venice, Gallerie dell’Accademia

- Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana

- Rome, Gabinetto Nazionale

delle Stampe e dei Disegni

Drawings in Europe

Drawings in America

The Collections

Codex Atlanticus

Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana

Windsor Collection

Windsor Castle, Royal Library

- Anatomy

- Landscapes, plants and water studies

- Horses and other animals

- Figure studies

- Miscellaneous papers

The manuscripts

Codex Trivulziano

Milan, Biblioteca del Castello Sforzesco

Codex on the Flight of Birds

Turin, Biblioteca Reale

Manuscripts of France

Paris, Institut de France



Codices of Madrid

Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional

- Madrid I

- Madrid II

Codex Arundel

London, British Museum

Forster Codices (I-III)

London, Victoria and Albert Museum

Codex Hammer

Seattle, Bill Gates Collection

Libro di Pittura (Book on Painting)

Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica

Vaticana

Bibliography