The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci - ACE457.2

1953. The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci - ACE457.2.

TitleThe Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci - ACE457.2
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Caption: "During the 67 years of his life Leonardo produced a multitude of drawings. The majority of those drawings from which this film has been made are in the Royal Collection at Windsor. The remainder are reproduced by permission of the Royal Academy and the British Museum." Drawing of a Bust and Minor Sketches. Study of Horses for the Battle of Anghiari (1503-1504), details of Heads of Horses, a Lion and a Man (c.1503-1504). Details from Study Sheet with Horses (1513-1515), and Horses, St George and the Dragon, and a Lion (c.1517-1518). Study Sheet with Cats, Dragon and Other Animals (1513-1515). Study of the Madonna and Child with a Cat (c.1478). The Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist, and Heads in Profile (c.1478), with details of boy and old man, a recurring theme. Plant study, Job’s Tears (c.1510). Design for a sluice gate (with notes) with ideas for casting bronze horse on the same page. Studies of the Movement of Water (c.1513-1514), "the movement of the surface of water" with Leonardo’s words comparing it to that of hair: several Head of Leda (c.1504-1506). Details. A drapery study and details of The Head of St Anne (c.1510-1515), "forms shaped by movement" – contrasted with The Bust of a Man Full Face and the Head of a Lion (1505-1510), and A Portrait of a Man in Left Profile (c.1480-1485), The Bust of a Youth in Left Profile (c.1517-1518), Two Grotesque Profiles Confronted (c.1485-1490), A Man Tricked by Gypsies (c.1493), Study of the Human Skull (c.1472-1519) "structure controls movement".

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