A Treatise on Painting

by DA VINCI, LEONARDORIGAUD, JOHN FRANCIS

• ISBN13: 9781573929509
• ISBN10: 1573929506
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

This work is the principal repository of da Vinci's practical thoughts on the technique of drawing and painting. It begins with precise instructions on drawing the human body and then moves on to techniques of rendering motion. Includes 48 anatomical drawings by Nicholas Poussin and geometrical and architectural designs by Leon Battista Alberti.

Table of Contents

The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci	11	(64)
Drawing	75	(66)
Proportion	75	(10)
Anatomy	85	(15)
Motion and Equipoise of Figures	100	(32)
Linear Perspective	132	(9)
Invention, or Composition	141	(28)
Expression and Character	165	(4)
Light and Shadow	169	(22)
Contrast and Effect	183	(2)
Reflexes	185	(6)
Colours and Colouring	191	(52)
Colours	191	(14)
Colours in regard to Light and Shadow	205	(6)
Colours in regard to Backgrounds	211	(2)
Contrast, Harmony, and Reflexes in regard to Colours	213	(6)
Perspective of Colours	219	(12)
Aerial Perspective	231	(12)
Miscellaneous Observations	243	(24)
Landscape, etc	243	(11)
Miscellaneous Observations	254	(13)
General Index	267	(18)
Appendix	285	(1)
I. Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci	285	(6)
II. Classified Catalogue of his principal Paintings	291	(1)
Holy Families, Madonnas, etc	291	(21)
Sacred Historical Subjects	312	(8)
Classical Subjects	320	(6)
Historical Subjects	326	(1)
Portraits	327	(14)
Pictures Lost or Missing	341	(7)
III. Catalogue of his Drawings and Sketches	348