Young Leonardo
The Evolution of a Revolutionary Artist, 1472-1499
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Publication
2017-05-23 - Thomas Dunne Books
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-101250129354
- ISBN-139781250129352
- AmazonB01M3X4F8G
- Library of Congress Control Number2017001968
- OCLC Control Number957021224
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781250129352
- Open LibraryOL28018029M
Classifications
- LCCN6923.L33I83 2017
- LCCN6923.L33 I83 2017
Description
"The traditional view of Leonardo da Vinci's career is that he enjoyed a promising start in Florence and then moved to Milan to become the celebrated court artist of Duke Ludovico Sforza. Young Leonardo proves all of this wrong. It reveals how the struggling painter was repeatedly snubbed by the prevailing trends of Florentine style before escaping to Milan empty-handed. But Milan offered little more; Sforza's patronage was lukewarm, to say the least, and all the major commissions went to artists whose names are now forgotten. How did the amateur become one of the all-time greatest masters? Slowly, meticulously, disastrously. Focusing on an often neglected period in Leonardo's life, here is a fascinating window into the artist's mind as he develops the techniques that will transform Western art forever. Because before there could be a Last Supper, a Mona Lisa, a St. Anne, there had to be a young Leonardo"--
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