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A Definitive Guide to Leonardo da Vinci's Paintings and Drawings. By Maria Popova From anatomy to aviation, or what Leonardo’s drawings reveal about cross-disciplinary creativity. Leonardo da Vinci possessed a rare kind of cross-disciplinary genius. It’s safe to say the Italian painter, engineer, architect, sculptor, scientist and futurist was one of the greatest minds that ever lived, a kind of intellectual and creative powerhouse that influenced centuries of thinkers to come. Now, his life and legacy live on in the simply titled but wildly ambitous Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings — a remarkable two-volume tome from Taschen (♥) that surveys da Vinci’s life and work in unprecedented detail, from in-depth interpretations of all 34 of his famous paintings to breathtaking full-bleed details of his masterworks to an extensive catalog of 663 of his drawings. Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter and people say it’s cool. Share on Tumblr.

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