LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Plans and Elevations of Domed Churches Pen and brown ink 1487–1489 As far as we know, Leonardo never built anything himself, but architecture was a prodigious aspect of his constant drawing. Manuscripts B and B bis (now in the Institut de France) feature a magnificent series of plans, cross sections and elevations of central-plan domed churches. Institut de France, Paris, Manuscript B bis, fol. 3v–4r Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Architectural Study: Fortifications; Multi-Spiral Staircase Pen and brown ink 1483–1499 Department of Prints and Drawings, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Inv. 2282 120 121