Leonardo da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man
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Review `Review from previous edition Sensitive and original descriptions of the master's paintings... combining the achievements of Kenneth Clark's classic on the artist with V. P. Zubov's unsurpassed account of the scientist in the context of his age.'E. H. Gombritch, The Times Literary Supplement`the student of Leonardo, it seems to me, could not have the field more elegantly and scrupulously ordered.'The Burlington Magazine`Here happily is a scholar who has found Leonardo the whole man, and given him to us.'British Journal for the History of Science Read more About the Author Martin Kemp is University Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford (Trinity College). The author of The Oxford History of Western Art and Leonardo, he appears frequently in the media, including radio interviews, a television program on Piero della Francesca, a video for the National Gallery in Washington DC, and a Leonardo CD-ROM for Bill Gates. Read more
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