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1495 (?): Leonardo da Vinci 2 Source:
Title: ‘Codex Atlanticus 0991-v.’ Comments: Old foliation number: Cod.Atl. 357 recto b. Ladislao Reti (1971, p 190) states: ‘... However, Leonardo’s interest in printing antedates 1495 by many years. One sketch, (358 recto b of Cod. Atl.) datable around 1480, which thus pertains to the first Florentine period of the master shows a number of ingenious improvements (Figs. 23, 24).’ Technique: Sketch/illustration. Publications Frans Janssen (2004) Technique & Design, Hes & De Graaf, page 275, note 4. Pietro C. Marani et al. (1998) L’Ambrosiana e Leonardo, Novara: Interlinea. Giuseppe Aliprandi (1955) ‘Leonardo da Vinci e la stampa’. Gutenberg Jahrbuch, 30, pp 315-20. Claus W. Gerhardt (1975). Der Buchdruk, A. Hiersemann, pp 21, 64-65, 72-74. Ladislao Reti (1971). ‘Leonardo da Vinci and the Graphic Arts: The Early Invention of Relief-Etching.’ The Burlington Magazine. 113, no 817 (April 1971), pp 188-195. (Figure 23) |
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