Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci:
The Mind of the Renaissance
First Italian edition. The cover featuring the portrait of the Archangel Uriel, detail of the Virgin of the Rocks, Louvre.
AuthorAlessandro Vezzosi
Original titleLeonardo da Vinci: arte e scienza dell'universo
TranslatorFrançoise Liffran (French)
Alexandra Bonfante-Warren (English)
Cover artistLeonardo da Vinci
LanguageItalian
Series
  • Universale Electa/Gallimard●Arte (IT)
  • Découvertes Gallimard●Peinture (FR)
  • Abrams Discoveries (US)
  • New Horizons (UK)
Release number
73rd in collection (IT)
293rd in collection (FR)
SubjectLeonardo da Vinci
GenreIllustrated biography,
nonfiction monograph
Publisher
Publication date
1 September 1996
16 April 2010 (new ed.)
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
1997
Media typePrint (paperback), e-book for iPad (2012)
Pages
  • 200 (Italian ed.)
  • 160 (French, UK and US eds.)
ISBN978-88-445-0083-2 (first edition)
OCLC55046911
Preceded byMatisse: "uno splendore inaudito" (IT)
François Truffaut : Les films de sa vie (FR) 
Followed byL'oro di Troia e il sogno di Schliemann (IT)
Descartes : Bien conduire sa raison (FR) 

Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance (UK title: Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Man; Italian: Leonardo da Vinci: arte e scienza dell'universo; French: Léonard de Vinci : Art et science de l'univers, lit. 'Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Science of the Universe') is a 1996 illustrated biography of Leonardo da Vinci authored by the Italian art critic Alessandro Vezzosi, translated from Italian into French by Françoise Liffran,[1] and published by Éditions Gallimard in the same year as the 293rd volume in their "Découvertes" collection[1] (known as "Abrams Discoveries" in the United States, and "New Horizons" in the United Kingdom). The book was adapted into a documentary film in 2001, by the title Léonard de Vinci.[2]

The Italian edition was published by Electa/Gallimard as the 73rd volume in the "Universale Electa/Gallimard" collection, which has a total of 200 pages, whereas the French edition contains only 160 pages. The English translation, however, is based on French text rather than the original Italian, as well as other international editions.

  1. ^ a b "Léonard de Vinci : Art et science de l'univers, Collection Découvertes Gallimard (n° 293), Série Arts". gallimard.fr (in French). 16 April 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ Curot, Aude (29 November 2003). "La science au secours de l'art". lemonde.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 November 2020.