Toby Lester: 3 books
Da Vinci's Ghost
Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the world’s most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surprising new light on the artistry and scholarship of Leonardo da Vinci, one of history’s most fascinating figures.
Deftly weaving together art,...
The Fourth Part of the World
The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
"Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemüller world map of 1507." So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name.
For millennia Europeans believed that the world...
by Toby Lester
Language: German
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: German
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Jeder kennt dieses Motiv: ein Mann, sorgfältig gezeichnet, die Arme und Beine ausgebreitet, steht in einem Kreis und einem Quadrat, die Körperteile befinden sich in einem idealen Verhältnis zueinander. Das Bild steht nicht nur für die Schönheit des menschlichen Körpers, sondern auch für die...