Living with Leonardo : fifty years of sanity and insanity in the art world and beyond /

Approaching the 500th anniversary of Leonardo's death, the world-renowned da Vinci expert recounts his fifty year journey with the work of the world's most famous artist. We learn of his encounters with the vast population that surrounds Leonardo, great and lesser academics, collectors and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kemp, Martin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thames & Hudson, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Art history in action
  • Prologue: A sketch of Leonardo
  • The Last Supper and the first steps
  • The "original" Last Supper
  • Looking at Lisa
  • The stolen Madonna
  • The beautiful princess
  • Ugly arguments
  • The Saviour
  • Science and seeing
  • Codices and computers
  • Exhibitions
  • Codes and codswallop.