Leonardo The Universal Man

Leonardo da Vinci was an authentic "universal man." He stands as a model for the period he lived in and has become a constant point of reference for Western civilization in many fields. Leonardo was a painter and a theoretician of painting; a sculptor; architect; musician; scholar of anatomy, botany, mechanics, hydraulics, and mathematics; a civil and military engineer; and the designer of machines that anticipated by hundreds of years inventions that are basic to today's world. His genius is brought to life in this book, which explores his entire career with special attention given to his activities during the crucial years of his greatest experimentation.Fregolent, Alessandra is the author of 'Leonardo The Universal Man', published 2005 under ISBN 9781592233489 and ISBN 1592233481.