The Second Mrs. Giaconda
Konigsburg, E. L.
Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa.
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Sierra, Javier
Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa.
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Capra, Fritjof.
Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa.
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Napoli, Donna Jo
In Renaissance Italy, Elisabetta longs for romance, and when Leonardo da Vinci introduces her to Guiliano de Medici, whose family rules Florence but is about to be deposed, she has no inkling of the romance--and sorrow--that will ensue.
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King, Ross
Tells the complete story of the creation of The Last Supper mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used; and the numerous personalities involved -- everyone from the Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work.
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Storey, Stephanie
Follows the artistic rivalry of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, as well each man's personal triumphs and failings.
Check AvailabilityLeonardo Da Vinci
Isaacson, Walter
He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius"--
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Lewis, Ben
In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci's small oil painting the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as savior of the world is "the rarest thing on the planet." Its $450 million sale price also makes it the world's most expensive painting. For two centuries, art dealers had searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait of Christ as the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. Many similar paintings of greatly varying quality had been executed by Leonardo's assistants in the early sixteenth century. But where was the original by the master himself? In November 2017, Christie's auction house announced they had it. But did they? The Last Leonardo tells a thrilling tale of a spellbinding icon invested with the power to make or break the reputations of scholars, billionaires, kings, and sheikhs. Ben Lewis takes us to Leonardo's studio in Renaissance Italy; to the court of Charles I and the English Civil War; to Amsterdam, Moscow, and New Orleans; to the galleries, salerooms, and restorer's workshop as the painting slowly, painstakingly emerged from obscurity. The vicissitudes of the highly secretive art market are charted across six centuries. It is a twisting tale of geniuses and oligarchs, double-crossings and disappearances, in which we're never quite certain what to believe. Above all, it is an adventure story about the search for lost treasure, and a quest for the truth." --
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Lewis, Ben
Leonardo da Vinci was fascinated by motion, whether in human or animal movement, mechanical motion, flight or moving water. Throughout his life he was in the habit of drawing and writing, and his twenty or so notebooks are now treasured in collections across England, Italy, France, Spain and North America. Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion brings together, for the very first time, an important selection of drawings and notes from three of Leonardo's notebooks: the Codex Arundel, held in the British Library; the Codex Forster II, held in the Victoria and Albert Museum; and the Codex Leicester, from the Bill Gates Collection. Unlocking the secrets to each aspect of motion in Leonardo's work, a detailed catalogue of studies from his handwritten notebooks is followed by seven essays, written by leading Leonardo experts from across Europe. The innovative thoughts and theories of Leonardo's curious mind are brought to life, demonstrated through large-scale reproductions of dozens of pages from the Codex Arundel, alongside other complementary manuscripts and paintings. Leonardo's ingenious, cutting-edge ideas about the art and physics of motion - the dynamics of motion in water; movement of the human body; and motion as a force in artistic composition - are revealed in a clear and accessible form as never before. This captivating new book explores the central importance of motion in Leonardo's art and thought - studies which underpin how we understand the world around us today."--Back cover
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Kemp, Martin
Kemp takes a fresh look at the master's work through a broadly chronological exploration of 100 of his key milestones in art, science, engineering, architecture, anatomy and more."--Back of jacket.
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Lankford, Mike
Unlike anything ever written before about the Renaissance genius, a fascinating journey into the life of a ferociously dedicated loner transports readers back to a world of war and plague and court intrigue, of viciously competitive famous artists, and of murderous tyrants with exquisite tastes in art.
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Malvaldi, Marco
October 1493. Florence is still mourning the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Columbus' ships have only recently reached the New World. The modern financial system has just come into being thanks to the adaption of the letter of credit. Meanwhile, Milan is experiencing a renaissance under the leadership of Ludovico il Moro. Those wandering in the courtyards of Milan's Castle or along the Navigli canals often encounter a strange man in his forties, dressed in long pink robes, his expression calm, like someone who is lost in his own thoughts. The man lives above his workshop, with his mother and a mischievous little boy whom he dotes on; he doesn't eat meat, writes from right to left, and struggles to get paid by his employers. His name is Leonardo da Vinci. His fame extends beyond the Alps, to the French court of Charles VIII, whose envoys have been tasked with a secret mission that concerns Leonardo himself. It is rumored that the Italian inventor keeps his most daring designs--including perhaps the project for an invincible mechanical knight--in a notebook hidden under his robes, close to the heart. When a man is found dead in the Castle's courtyard, il Moro turns to Da Vinci for help. Though the corpse shows no signs of violence, the death is highly suspicious: rumors of a plague or superstitious explanations need to be disproven quickly. Leonardo is in no position to refuse his master's request to investigate"--
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Isbouts, Jean-Pierre
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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