Pietro Marani’s book on Leonardo’s paintings is distinct in its emphasis on ancient Greco-Roman influences, especially after his 1501 trip to Rome, where he visited Hadrian's villa at Tivoli.
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Book Thoughts: Leonardo da Vinci—Experience, Experiment and Design (Kemp)
This catalog for a 2006 exhibit explores da Vinci's thinking processes through his notebooks, where he concretized ideas on paper. It’s among the best books I’ve found on his integrative methodology.
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