This DK Art Book series is one I stumbled upon when browsing my local library's art section. It's only the 2nd book of art I've ever read, so I can't really compare it to others or offer any knowledgeable insight. I can say, however, that I loved the format of the book. Each page is marked with a colored bar (yellow, blue, or pink) which indicate whether the page is covers the life and works of the title artist, historical background information about the time period or about what other artists were doing, and 'masterpiece' pages that show a specific work by the artist and analyzes it, hi-lighting certain aspects of the work and offering interesting details about it.

The book offers a wide variety of art, either by Leonardo or those of his time period, and the masterpiece pages really helped me get an understanding of why certain pieces were painted a certain way.

Leonardo is far from a favorite artist of mine, but I liked the way this book was set up and I think I'll return to the series in the future. ( )