On Science and Art

Even during the lifetime of Leonardo da Vinci, legends circulated. He was a mystery to his contemporaries and remains one of the most enigmatic figures in human history.
."Just as a well-spent day brings a happy sleep, so a fruitful life brings satisfaction" - this principle the great Italian adhered to until the end of his days. He believed that both science and art are paths to understanding and transforming the world, and therefore he sought to grasp the essence of all the things and phenomena around him - whether it was the structure of the human body, the flight of a bird, the origin of a rainbow, or the theory of painting.
.The book publishes selected scientific works of Leonardo da Vinci and his "Treatise on Painting". The translation into Russian was done by the leading scholars of the 20th century A.A. Guber and V.P. Zubov.