Notebooks

by Leonardo da Vinci; Irma Anne Richter; Thereza Wells

  Copyright Page

  PREFACE

  Introduction

  NOTE ON THE TEXT

  Acknowledgements

  SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

  A CHRONOLOGY OF LEONARDO DA VINCI

  NOTEBOOKS

  I - TRUE SCIENCE

  I. EXPERIENCE

  II. REASON AND NATURE’S LAWS

  III. MATHEMATICAL DEMONSTRATION

  IV. EXPERIMENT

  V. SEARCH FOR TRUE KNOWLEDGE

  II - THE UNIVERSE

  I. THE FOUR ELEMENTS

  II. THE FOUR POWERS OF NATURE

  III. MECHANICS - REFERENCES TO BOOKS ON APPLIED MECHANICS

  III - FLIGHT

  I. MOVEMENT THROUGH WIND AND WATER

  II. STRUCTURE OF BIRDS’ WINGS

  III. SWIMMING AND FLIGHT

  IV. FLYING MACHINE

  IV - THE ARTS

  I. THE ARTIST’S COURSE OF STUDY

  II. COMPARISON OF THE ARTS

  III. ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING

  IV. THE ARTIST’S LIFE

  V - TALES AND ALLEGORIES

  I. BESTIARY

  II. FABLES

  III. PROPHECIES

  IV. JESTS

  V. SYMBOLISM

  VI. IMAGINATIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURE

  VI - REFLECTIONS ON LIFE

  I. LIFE PASSES

  II. LIFE OF THE BODY

  III. LIFE OF THE SPIRIT

  IV. ON GOVERNMENT

  VII - LEONARDO’S WAY THROUGH LIFE

  I. FIRST FLORENTINE PERIOD ( c . 1464/9 - 1482/3)

  II. FIRST MILANESE PERIOD (1481-1499)

  III. SECOND FLORENTINE PERIOD (1500 - 1506)

  IV. SECOND MILANESE PERIOD (1506-1513)

  V. ROMAN PERIOD (1513-1516)

  VI. FRENCH PERIOD (1516-1519)

  EXPLANATORY NOTES

  REFERENCES TO MANUSCRIPTS AND SOURCES

  INDEX