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Da Vinci's ghost : genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image

text Da Vinci's ghost : genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image

Summary

Recounts the intellectual journey behind the creation of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and how the drawing represents the momentous period in Western history when the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance.

Contents

Prologue. 1490 -- Body of empire -- Microcosm -- Master Leonardo -- Milan -- The artist-engineer -- Master builders -- Body and soul -- Portrait of the artist -- Epilogue. Afterlife.

Format
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Description
xv, 275 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Free Press 2012

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 LEONARDO DA VINCI Lester in Adult Non-fiction Available

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