Home > Authors Index > Browse all available works of Leonardo da Vinci > The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
PREFACECONTENTS OF VOLUME I AND II.VOLUME I1. SECTION I: PROLEGOMENA AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK ON PAINTING2. II. LINEAR PERSPECTIVE3. III. SIX BOOKS ON LIGHT AND SHADE4. IV. PERSPECTIVE OF DISAPPEARANCE5. V. THEORY OF COLOURS6. VI. PERSPECTIVE OF COLOUR AND AERIAL PERSPECTIVE7. VII. ON THE PROPORTIONS AND ON THE MOVEMENTS OF THE HUMAN FIGURE8. VIII. BOTANY FOR PAINTERS, AND ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING9. IX. THE PRACTICE OF PAINTING10. X. STUDIES AND SKETCHES FOR PICTURES AND DECORATIONSVOLUME II1. SECTION XI. THE NOTES ON SCULPTURE2. SECTION XII. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS3. SECTION XIII. THEORETICAL WRITINGS ON ARCHITECTURE4. SECTION XIV. ANATOMY, ZOOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY5. SECTION XV. ASTRONOMY6. SECTION XVI. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY7. SECTION XVII. TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES8. SECTION XVIII. NAVAL WARFARE. --MECHANICAL APPLIANCES. --MUSIC.9. SECTION XIX. PHILOSOPHICAL MAXIMS. MORALS. POLEMICS AND SPECULATIONS10. SECTION XX. HUMOROUS WRITINGS11. SECTION XXI. LETTERS. PERSONAL RECORDS. DATED NOTES12. SECTION XXII. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES