The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Volume 2 gathers the writings, observations, and studies of the Renaissance polymath, drawn from the manuscripts in which he recorded his ceaseless inquiries. This volume ranges across architecture, anatomy, painting, mechanics, philosophy, and the natural world, revealing the breadth of a mind that recognized no boundaries between art and science.
Leonardo’s notes on architecture include studies of churches, domes, and ideal city planning, alongside reflections on proportion and structure that connect building to the human body and the cosmos. Fragmentary and wide-ranging, the notebooks offer an intimate glimpse of genius at work. They remain among the most extraordinary documents in the history of human thought and a treasure for anyone interested in art or architecture.