Leonardo
By Serge Bramly
Translated by Sian Reynolds
By Serge Bramly
Translated by Sian Reynolds
Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Art
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Paperback $35.00
Mar 01, 1995 | ISBN 9780140231755
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Praise
“A considerable work of assimilative scholarship and common sense…races along merrily.”—The Boston Globe.
“Bramly has dusted off the primary sources to make da Vinci a startlingly prescient, relevant figure in this exceptional biography.” — Publishers Weekly
“French novelist and biographer Bramly offers the image of a gifted, methodical, rational, emotionally simple craftsman whose personal life remains wrapped in mysteries—some intentional and others, such as the loss of his grave and many of his works, the results of time and circumstance.” — Kirkus Reviews
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
I. A Cirlce of Mirrors
II. Lovable as a Love Child
III. Artium Mater
IV. Fear and Desire
V. Dispero
VI. Pen and Penknife
VII. Thoughts Turn to Hope
VIII. The Absolute Man
IX. Laurels and Tempests
X. Like a Well-Filled Day
XI. The Traces
Epilogue
Notes
Leonardo’s Paintings
Leading Artists of the Quattrocento
Leonardo’s Writings
Selected Bibliography
Index
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