Maxims, fables and riddles.
Arlea| N° d'inventaire | 22143 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 118 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2004 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782869595958 |
The writings gathered here offer a much lesser-known face of the great man: that of the court philosopher, the palace fabulist, the eloquent and light-hearted man. Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant jack-of-all-trades. We all have sketches of flying machines, submarines, or other imaginary mechanisms in our heads. But the writings gathered here offer a lesser-known face of the great man: that of the court philosopher, the palace fabulist, the eloquent and light-hearted man. Discovering these short, incisive texts, we guess that Vinci, highly prized for his talents as a party organizer, was also a master in the art of seduction, balancing the difficult mix of gravity and humour, depth and facetiousness, erudition and humor. But we can also tremble at the harsh warnings that Leonardo addresses to the man who, for a long time, has wanted to be the center of the world.
The writings gathered here offer a much lesser-known face of the great man: that of the court philosopher, the palace fabulist, the eloquent and light-hearted man. Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant jack-of-all-trades. We all have sketches of flying machines, submarines, or other imaginary mechanisms in our heads. But the writings gathered here offer a lesser-known face of the great man: that of the court philosopher, the palace fabulist, the eloquent and light-hearted man. Discovering these short, incisive texts, we guess that Vinci, highly prized for his talents as a party organizer, was also a master in the art of seduction, balancing the difficult mix of gravity and humour, depth and facetiousness, erudition and humor. But we can also tremble at the harsh warnings that Leonardo addresses to the man who, for a long time, has wanted to be the center of the world.