Leonardo da Vinci’s Treatise of Painting: The Story of the World’s Greatest Treatise on Painting - Its Origins, History, Content, and Influence

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This book traces the story of the world’s greatest treatise on painting - Leonardo Da Vinci’s Treatise of Painting. It combines an extensive body of literature about the Treatise with original research to offer a unique perspective on: Its origins, and history of how it survived the dispersal of manuscripts; Its contents, their significance and how Leonardo developed his Renaissance Theory of Art; The development of both the abridged and complete printed editions; How the printed editions have influenced treatises and art history throughout Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and America from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries.