Wonderfully Illustrated

This is a great book by classicists Bulent Atalay and Keith Wamsley on one of the great geniuses of all time in Leonardo Da Vinci. This book isn't really argument-driven, nor is it a straight biography, it is more like an extended literary review of other scholars work with several great paintings, and illustrated sources to showcase Da Vinci's significant contributions to what we know call the "Renaissance".

What is great is that Atalay and Wamsley do not restrict their analysis strictly to Da Vinci's art, but take a good look into his contributions to human anatomy, science, urban planning, philosophy, and political thought. The best part of the book were the inclusion of several sketches from Da Vinci's sketchbook at the end of each chapter. Definitely worth purchasing in my opinion. ( )