The Genius Within Exploring The Codex Leicester The World S Most Expensive Manuscript

Author : Zahid Ameer
Publisher : Zahid Ameer
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-07
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Genius Within: Exploring The Codex Leicester, The World’s Most Expensive Manuscript by Zahid Ameer Pdf

The Codex Leicester is a collection of scientific and philosophical writings by Leonardo da Vinci. It is one of the most important and valuable manuscripts in the world, and it is considered to be a masterpiece of Renaissance art and science. The Codex Leicester was written between 1508 and 1510, and it contains Leonardo's observations and thoughts on a wide range of topics, including water, air, earth, and fire. The Codex Leicester is also known as the Codex Hammer, after one of its previous owners, the British industrialist Armand Hammer. In 1994, Bill Gates purchased the Codex Leicester for $30.8 million, making it the most expensive manuscript ever sold at auction. The Codex Leicester is a fascinating and complex work, and it has been studied by scholars for centuries. It is a testament to Leonardo's genius and his wide-ranging interests. The Codex Leicester also provides us with a unique glimpse into the mind of one of the greatest thinkers of all time. In this eBook, we will explore the Codex Leicester in detail. We will examine Leonardo's scientific observations and his philosophical insights. We will also discuss the artistic and historical significance of the Codex Leicester. Whether you are a scholar, an artist, or simply someone who is interested in learning more about Leonardo da Vinci, this eBook is for you. We hope that you will join us on this journey as we explore the Codex Leicester, the world's most expensive manuscript.

Author : Leonardo (da Vinci),Michael Desmond,Carlo Pedretti
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015053497874

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Leonardo Da Vinci by Leonardo (da Vinci),Michael Desmond,Carlo Pedretti Pdf

Includes facsim. of codex owned by Gates with commentaries by Desmond and others.

Author : Leonardo (da Vinci),Michael Ryan,Charles Horton
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015074250757

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Leonardo Da Vinci by Leonardo (da Vinci),Michael Ryan,Charles Horton Pdf

A unique interpretation of one of the most important pieces of scholarly material in existence.

Author : Domenico Laurenza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Art
ISBN : 8809873513

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Leonardo Da Vinci. Il Codice Leicester by Domenico Laurenza Pdf

Author : Ben Lewis
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781984819260

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The Last Leonardo by Ben Lewis Pdf

An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million—and might not be the real thing. In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci’s small oil painting the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as savior of the world is “the rarest thing on the planet.” Its $450 million sale price also makes it the world’s most expensive painting. For two centuries, art dealers had searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait of Christ as the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. Many similar paintings of greatly varying quality had been executed by Leonardo’s assistants in the early sixteenth century. But where was the original by the master himself? In November 2017, Christie’s auction house announced they had it. But did they? The Last Leonardo tells a thrilling tale of a spellbinding icon invested with the power to make or break the reputations of scholars, billionaires, kings, and sheikhs. Ben Lewis takes us to Leonardo’s studio in Renaissance Italy; to the court of Charles I and the English Civil War; to Amsterdam, Moscow, and New Orleans; to the galleries, salerooms, and restorer’s workshop as the painting slowly, painstakingly emerged from obscurity. The vicissitudes of the highly secretive art market are charted across six centuries. It is a twisting tale of geniuses and oligarchs, double-crossings and disappearances, in which we’re never quite certain what to believe. Above all, it is an adventure story about the search for lost treasure, and a quest for the truth. Praise for The Last Leonardo “The story of the world’s most expensive painting is narrated with great gusto and formidably researched detail in Ben Lewis’s book. . . . Lewis’s probings of the Salvator’s backstory raise questions about its historical status and visibility, and these lead in turn to the fundamental question of whether the painting is really an autograph work by Leonardo.”—Charles Nicholl, The Guardian “As the art historian and critic Ben Lewis shows in his forensically detailed and gripping investigation into the history, discovery and sales of the painting, establishing the truth is like nailing down jelly.”— Michael Prodger, The Sunday Times

Author : Leonardo (da Vinci)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Codex Leicester
ISBN : UOM:39015043763963

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Codex Leicester by Leonardo (da Vinci) Pdf

Author : Leonardo (da Vinci),Rachel Stern,Alison Manges,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Drawing, Italian
ISBN : 9781588390332

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Leonardo Da Vinci Master Draftsman by Leonardo (da Vinci),Rachel Stern,Alison Manges,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

This handsome book offers a unified and fascinating portrait of Leonardo as draftsman, integrating his roles as artist, scientist, inventor, theorist, and teacher. 250 illustrations.

Author : Walter Isaacson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501139178

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Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson Pdf

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker). Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history’s most creative genius. In the “luminous” (Daily Beast) Leonardo da Vinci, Isaacson describes how Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and, like talented rebels in any era, to think different. Here, da Vinci “comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacson’s ambitious new biography…a vigorous, insightful portrait” (The Washington Post).

Author : Leonardo da Vinci
Publisher : Tebbo
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 148614392X

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The Notebooks - The Original Classic Edition by Leonardo da Vinci Pdf

The award-winning and bestselling collection of the exquisite, annotated notebooks of Leonardo now in paperback. Culled from more than 7,000 pages of sketches and writings found in various rare books, papers, and other resources throughout the world, Leonardos Notebooks presents, for the first time, an exhaustive collection of the insights and brilliance of perhaps the finest mind the world has ever known.

Author : Lyndel V. Prott
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789231041280

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Witnesses to History by Lyndel V. Prott Pdf

This Compendium gives an outline of the historical, philosophical and ethical aspects of the return of cultural objects (e.g. cultural objects displaced during war or in colonial contexts), cites past and present cases (Maya Temple Facade, Nigerian Bronzes, United States of America v. Schultz, Parthenon Marbles and many more) and analyses legal issues (bona fide, relevant UNESCO and UNIDROIT Conventions, Supreme Court Decisions, procedure for requests etc.). It is a landmark publication that bears testament to the ways in which peoples have lost their entire cultural heritage and analyses the issue of its return and restitution by providing a wide range of perspectives on this subject. Essential reading for students, specialists, scholars and decision-makers as well as those interested in these topics.

Author : P. Alex Linley,Stephen Joseph
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118428900

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Positive Psychology in Practice by P. Alex Linley,Stephen Joseph Pdf

A thorough and up-to-date guide to putting positive psychology into practice From the Foreword: "This volume is the cutting edge of positive psychology and the emblem of its future." -Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Authentic Happiness Positive psychology is an exciting new orientation in the field, going beyond psychology's traditional focus on illness and pathology to look at areas like well-being and fulfillment. While the larger question of optimal human functioning is hardly new - Aristotle addressed it in his treatises on eudaimonia - positive psychology offers a common language on this subject to professionals working in a variety of subdisciplines and practices. Applicable in many settings and relevant for individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and societies, positive psychology is a genuinely integrative approach to professional practice. Positive Psychology in Practice fills the need for a broad, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art reference for this burgeoning new perspective. Cutting across traditional lines of thinking in psychology, this resource bridges theory, research, and applications to offer valuable information to a wide range of professionals and students in the social and behavioral sciences. A group of major international contributors covers: The applied positive psychology perspective Historical and philosophical foundations Values and choices in pursuit of the good life Lifestyle practices for health and well-being Methods and processes for teaching and learning Positive psychology at work The best and most thorough treatment of this cutting-edge discipline, Positive Psychology in Practice is an essential resource for understanding this important new theory and applying its principles to all areas of professional practice.

Author : Martin Kemp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199583355

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Leonardo by Martin Kemp Pdf

Cutting through the veil of legend, Martin Kemp offers an unparalleled portrait of this extraordinary man, asking what made Leonardo's work so astonishing and what vision drove his art and his invention. This updated edition is the first book to include two newly discovered Leonardo works, the most important discoveries in over a hundred years.

Author : James Edwin Thorold Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UGA:32108001725087

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Six Centuries of Work & Wages by James Edwin Thorold Rogers Pdf

Author : Bob Sheil,Frédéric Migayrou,Luke Pearson,Laura Allen
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781911307266

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Drawing Futures by Bob Sheil,Frédéric Migayrou,Luke Pearson,Laura Allen Pdf

Drawing Futures brings together international designers and artists for speculations in contemporary drawing for art and architecture.Despite numerous developments in technological manufacture and computational design that provide new grounds for designers, the act of drawing still plays a central role as a vehicle for speculation. There is a rich and long history of drawing tied to innovations in technology as well as to revolutions in our philosophical understanding of the world. In reflection of a society now underpinned by computational networks and interfaces allowing hitherto unprecedented views of the world, the changing status of the drawing and its representation as a political act demands a platform for reflection and innovation. Drawing Futures will present a compendium of projects, writings and interviews that critically reassess the act of drawing and where its future may lie.Drawing Futures focuses on the discussion of how the field of drawing may expand synchronously alongside technological and computational developments. The book coincides with an international conference of the same name, taking place at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, in November 2016. Bringing together practitioners from many creative fields, the book discusses how drawing is changing in relation to new technologies for the production and dissemination of ideas.

Author : Bertrand Gille
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015010864745

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The Renaissance Engineers by Bertrand Gille Pdf