"Treatises on Drawing and Painting" is the title of this volume devoted to Leonardo da Vinci’s sketchbooks. It comprises a valuable collection of notebooks filled with sketches and highly detailed drawings that bear witness to his technique and the refined creative process he followed in some of his best-known works. Among the illustrations are studies of anatomy, the human figure, portraiture and botany, which the artist had intended to include in a treatise on drawing – an ambitious project that never saw the light of day. With this book, we aim to revive that aspiration, the spirit of inquiry and the pedagogical vocation of a great master; to this end, we invite readers to immerse themselves in his creative world by studying his art, his genius, his techniques and his pictorial resources, many of which were ahead of their time.
This is, therefore, a book that combines study and practice, illustrated with step-by-step exercises, which draws on the teachings contained in Leonardo’s treatises to adapt them to the needs and concerns of today’s artist. In short, a useful manual that seeks to capture, understand and convey the full extent of his experience and technical knowledge, so that these can be incorporated into the depiction of contemporary models, thereby demonstrating the enduring relevance of his method.

• Pages: 129
• Language: Spanish
• Author: Michael Holt
• Year: 2017
• ISBN: 9788434213814

Publisher: Parramón