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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Capponi, Niccolò (Author)
Other Authors: Naffis-Sahely, André (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 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.