Leonardo Da Vinci by Kenneth Clark with Martin Kemp

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Leonardo by the man who taught Britain to look. Kenneth Clark — of Civilisation fame — wrote the classic English study of Leonardo da Vinci: elegant, authoritative, and beautifully judged, now updated with Martin Kemp. This is connoisseurship at its highest: Clark on the drawings, the paintings, the mind behind them.

Clark loved Leonardo without idolatry: he sees the procrastination, the failures, the strangeness — and the miracle. His pages on the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa remain the finest in English: precise, poetic, and profound, the work of a lifetime’s looking distilled.

For art lovers: the connoisseur’s Leonardo. Read it slowly, with pictures at hand. Clark will teach you to see what you are looking at — and to love looking. Clark’s Leonardo remains the gold standard: wise, beautiful, and perfectly judged. Half a century on, no one has bettered it: the connoisseur’s classic. Essential reading for the art lover.

The Classic Survey of Leonardo’s Genius

nLeonardo da Vinci by Kenneth Clark, revised with an introduction by Martin Kemp, is the classic survey of the Renaissance master’s life and work. First published in 1939, Clark’s elegant study traces Leonardo’s development as an artist with unmatched clarity — from his early Florentine works to the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
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Clark’s Vision, Kemp’s Update

nClark, the celebrated art historian behind the television series Civilisation, writes with warmth and insight about Leonardo’s technique, his sfumato, his scientific curiosity, and the psychological depth of his portraits. For this revised edition (Penguin, 1989), leading Leonardo scholar Martin Kemp contributed a new introduction, bringing the text up to date with modern research while preserving Clark’s distinctive voice.
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A Beautifully Illustrated Essential

nWith 128 plates illustrating Leonardo’s paintings and drawings, this is one of the most accessible and rewarding introductions to Leonardo ever written. A must-have for art lovers, students, and anyone who wants to understand the mind behind the masterpieces.