Lives of Leonardo da Vinci, 9781843681731
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Leonardo was arguably the greatest artist in history, and the quintessential Renaissance man. This book includes all the major contemporary writings about him.

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    192 pages

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    1 November 2019

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Summary

For many people the greatest artist, and the quintessential Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, architect, theatre designer, engineer, sculptor, anatomist, geometer, naturalist, poet and musician. His Last Supper in Milan has been called the greatest painting in Western art. Illegitimate, left-handed and homosexual, Leonardo never made a straightforward career. But from his earliest apprenticeship with the Florentine painter and sculptor Andrea Verrochio, his astoni…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781843681731
ISBN-10:1843681730
Series:Lives of the Artists
Author:Giorgio Vasari, Matteo Bandello, Paolo Giovio, Sabba da Castiglione, Charles Robertson
Publisher:Pallas Athene Publishers
Imprint:Pallas Athene Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:1 November 2019
Weight:178g
Dimensions:145mm x 114mm
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Critics Review

“The London publishing house Pallas Athene has come up with the very welcome and worthwhile project of assembling English translations of early biographies of artists in an easily accessible publication.” - Historians of Netherlands Art Reviews

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