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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Drawing-Proportion
Anatomy
Motion and Equipoise of Figures
Linear Perspective
Invention, or Composition
Expression and Character
Light and Shadow
Contrast and Effect
Reflexes
Colours and Colouring
Colours in regard to Light and Shadow
Colours in regard to Back-grounds
Contrast, Harmony, and Reflexes in regard to Colours
Perspective of Colours
Aerial Perspective
Miscellaneous Observations
Landscape, etc.
