Leonardo da Vinci: Nature Studies from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle

by Carlo Pedretti (Catalogue), Kenneth M. Clark (Introduction)

Exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art. Introduction by Kenneth Clark. With 12 plates in sepia and many reproductions of the black and white drawnings. 94, 2 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. 4to..

Genres: Art

94 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1980

About the author

Carlo Pedretti (6 January 1928 – 5 January 2018) was an Italian art historian.

In his lifetime, he was considered one of the world's leading experts on the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci. He was a professor of art history and Armand Hammer Chair in Leonardo Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1960 until his retirement in 1993.

Reviews

[Dr Susan Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was lucky to acquire this facsimile catalogue selection of Da Vinci's drawings - inspiring as ever - I suppose now they are in King Charles' collection - lucky him

[Elizabeth Sims · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you can find this secondhand, you've found a real gem.

[Margaret Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite insightful and I think the analysis of the water illustrations is exactly correct.