Leonardo da Vinci
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
Leonardo da Vinci Details
About the Author Daniel Arasse is the author of works on Renaissance art, Mannerism, Vermeer and iconographic analysis. He was director of the Institut Francais in Florence and director of studies at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales. Read more
Reviews
Daniel Arasse, art historian and expert of the Italian Renaissance, is a fantastic explorer. He will lead you beyond the paintings unveiling for you the real structure, history, and symbology of famous works. Every analysis develops as a enigma to solve, and the reader feels like a detective, or like a mathematician solving a beautiful equation. At the end of each analysis you will feel richer, with more refined tools to understand art. I collect art books, and Arasse is by far the best story teller I have encountered so far. I have his books in French but I got this book for a friend and the translation is solid and pleasant. Must have.
