Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519: The Graphic Work Hardcover – November 20, 2014

great

Thick and heavy book!

The book size is slightly bigger than the size of a paper back but it is thick. Almost a drawing on every page.The contents of Da Vinci sketches is amazing. I use a magnifying glass to study them. It is wonderful to see how the master sketches with such precision. It takes time to appreciate the sketches. Specially his studies on horses. It is a beautiful book. Must have for one want to spend time to study his masterly skill. It is invaluable in my book shelf and for drawing reference.

This is an amazing collection of da Vinci's Work. I purchased it for someone who had read Walter Isaacson's " LEONARDO DA VINCI"Needles to say, they were beyond thrilled.Some of the reviews said the dimensions of the book were small, but the book was very thick. This is true from a factual standpoint, but I don't agree with those who were critical. In my case, the end user who was born in the 1930's, had no complaints about the size of the illustrations, ability to discern detail, or comfort handling the book.

Exelent Book.

Even though Amazon shows the 500th Anniversary sticker on the product page, when you receive the book, there is no such sticker, so you are not sure if you're getting a 500th Anni copy or a prior copy. The same applies to the larger edition of this book which is the more sprawling version of this. I prefer this version as it is something you can carry with you and the other version is a coffee table version and is mammoth. One star deducted for misleading the cover print which promotes this as the 500th Anniversary edition

This book is awesome!

Beautiful book. What I found most thought provoking with this volume is how people are the same throughout time as evidenced by the inquisitive subject matter, humor and "humanness" of Da Vinci's work. I found this book interesting to the artist, ponderer and regular guy in me alike. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in beautiful designs, complexity, simplicity, humor and exploring the irony of this mans highly relevant work! Bottom line: A cool book well worth checking out.