Da Vinci

1 week ago | shorturl.at | Joseph Kellard |Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment and Design Martin KempV&A Publications (2006)This catalog for a 2006 exhibit explores da Vinci's thinking processes through his notebooks, where he concretized ideas on paper. It’s among the best books I’ve found on his integrative methodology. "Drawing served as the primary tool of analysis and as the most potent way to demonstrate the essential unity of all things designed by nature," writes author Martin Kemp. (p.

3 weeks ago | shorturl.at | Joseph Kellard |In ART |Da Vinci

Leonardo by Leonardo Martin Kemp Callaway (2019)In his first book devoted exclusively to the paintings, Martin Kemp delivers a volume rich with the information and insights expected of a top da Vinci scholar. Kemp analyzes each work with a skillful balance between compelling origin stories, debatable attributions and ambiguous provenances, along with da Vinci’s incorporation of keen observations of nature and profound scientific findings into his art.