Divina proportione by Leonardo da Vinci|Fra Luca Pacioli|Paganinus de Paganinus

Medium

Book with woodcut illustrations

Dimensions

11 5/8 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (29.6 x 21 x 3.1 cm)

Classification

Books

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1919

Accession Number

19.50

About the Artist

Leonardo da Vinci|Fra Luca Pacioli|Paganinus de Paganinus · 14521519

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stands as the quintessential Renaissance polymath, whose genius spanned painting, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, engineering, anatomy, geology, cartography, botany, and writing. Born in Vinci, Italy, as the illegitimate son of a notary, Leonardo received limited formal education but demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent from an early age. His appr...

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