A Treatise on Painting assembles Leonardo da Vinci’s scattered notes on the art he ranked above all others. Compiled after his death from his notebooks, it sets out his thinking on perspective, light and shade, proportion, the depiction of the human figure and its movements, and the painter’s study of nature, arguing throughout that painting is a science as well as an art.
Rich in observation and instruction, the treatise offers an unrivaled window into the mind of the supreme Renaissance master. It has shaped the theory and teaching of painting for centuries. This free EPUB download is cleanly formatted for any e-reader.