Leonardo da Vinci : the flights of the mind

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Title:

Author:

Nicholl, Charles.

ISBN:

9780140296815

9780013184690

Personal Author:

Nicholl, Charles.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2005.

Physical Description:

xiv, 622 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

General Note:

Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2004.

Contents:

Part 1. Childhood: 1452-1466 -- Part 2. Apprenticeship: 1466-1477 -- Part 3. Independence: 1477-1482 -- Part 4. New horizons: 1482-1490 -- Part 5. At Court: 1490-1499 -- Part 6. On the move: 1500-1506 -- Part 7. Return to Milan: 1506-1513 -- Part 8. Last years: 1513-1519.

Abstract:

Leonardo da Vinci is the greatest and most multi-faceted of all the Renaissance artists, his oeuvre encompassing painting, science, philosophy and inventing. This book looks at the life of the complex genius that gave the world infamous works such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.

Personal Subject:

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.

Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519.

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 (OCoLC)fst00033122

Subject Term:

Artists -- Italy -- Biography.

Artists. (OCoLC)fst00817559

Geographic Term:

Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565

Genre:

Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686

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Leonardo da Vinci is the most mysterious of all the great artists, continuing to inspire and intrigue centuries after his death. Who lies behind the legend of the 'Renaissance genius'? What is the real story behind his elusive masterpieces and tantalizing notebooks? Prize-winning author Charles Nicholl has immersed himself for five years in all the manuscripts, paintings and artefacts to produce an 'intimate portrait' of Leonardo. He uses these contemporary materials - his notebooks and sketchbooks, eye witnesses and early biographies, etc - as a way into the mental tone and physical texture of his life and has made myriad small discoveries about him and his work and his circle of associates. This compelling, lyrical biography explores Leonardo's life as never before, brilliantly illuminating the man behind the enigma.