Carlo Pedretti Bücher

Attempts to explain who this great genius was and why he became such a creative man. His inquisitive mind led him to investigate every field of knowledge and his life's work is an extraordinary synthesis of art, science and technology.

At a time of growing interest in Leonardo's work which coincides with the City of Vinci's efforts to remodel and enlarge its Museum, this publication like other studies and promotional activities under way in various Vincian centers (from Florence to Milan, from Amboise to Los Angeles), offers useful information to a wide variety of readers. This book also seems to analyze correctly both the myth of Leonardo and the current interest in him while summing up the essential contribution of Da Vinci to Renaissance science and technology. These results are obtained by means of a vast photographic documentation and the introduction of interpretative data. Therefore we would like to express our appreciation of this venture and of those responsible for its completion. Liliano Bartolesi Mayor of Vinci (from notes in this book)

Das burleske Spiel um die Herbergswirtin Mirandolina, die drei Verehrer von Stand mit Witz und Raffinesse an der Nase herumführt, um schließlich dem vierten, ihrem Gehilfen, die Hand zu reichen, ist bis heute das beliebteste Stück Goldonis. Lord Byron bezeichnete es als "eine der besten Komödien, die Europa je hervorgebracht hat".

Leonardo da Vinci representa el ideal renacentista. En su afán para conocer a fondo al hombre y el universo, abordó distintas disciplinas, obteniendo resultados asombrosos en todas ellas. Sus investigaciones y dibujos en el campo de la anatomía fueron definitivos para el desarrollo de esta ciencia, al igual que sus heterogéneos inventos dan muestra de su genialidad. En este libro se hace un recorrido apasionante por los estudios anatómicos y las máquinas de este portentoso hombre del Renacimiento a partir de sus manuscritos y dibujos.