LEONARDO IN DETAIL

The genius Leonardo da Vinci was a philosopher of nature, an inimitable painter, a scientist of the cosmos and so much more. This book celebrates the artist by presenting in superb full colour reproductions 22 masterpieces including the Mona Lisa, The Annunciation, The Baptism of Christ, The Lady with an Ermine, The Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, Madonna of the Carnation, The Baptism of Christ plus many drawings like the study of a woman's face, self-propelled cart, repeat firing mechanism for a crossbow, anatomical study of a skull, study of a woman's hands, view of the cardiovascular system and many drawings from the Royal Library Windsor and the Ambrosiana Library in Milan. With timeline biography, 224 pages, colour illus.