The day the Renaissance was saved : the Battle of Anghiari and Da Vinci's lost masterpiece /
"It was a battle that change the course of history, and was immortalized in a massive painting by Leonardo da Vinci that was thought lost for centuries...until now. On a sweltering day in June 1440, near the Tuscan town of Anghiari, the simmering conflict among Italy's principal powers exp...
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Brooklyn :
Melville House,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Maps
- Introduction
- A Note on Old Conventions
- Prologue
- 1. 'Now you have to put up with war...'
- 2. Mars, the Mercenary
- 3. The War of Art
- 4. A Cure for the State
- 5. A Cardinal Problem
- 6. Horses Can't Eat Stones
- 7. The Leopard's Leap
- 8. The Tableau of Power
- Epilogue: Saint Peter
- Bibliographical Notes and Further Reading
- Notes
- Index.