TY - BOOK AU - Vinci, Leonardo Da AU - Richter, Jean Paul TI - Notebooks: volume 1 SN - 978-1453772072 U1 - ARTS PY - 2010/// CY - . PB - . KW - Anatomy KW - Architectre KW - Biography KW - Leonardo Da Vinci KW - Paintings KW - Sculptures KW - Theory-Criticism N1 - Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. With an artist's eye and a scientist's curiosity, he recorded in these pages his observations on the movement of water and the formation of rocks, the nature of flight and optics, anatomy, architecture, sculpture, and painting. He jotted down fables, epigrams, and letters and developed his belief in the sublime unity of nature and man. Through his notebooks we can get an insight into Leonardo's thoughts, and his approach to work and life ER -