Leonardo Da Vinci : an untraceable life /
"An examination of the modern cultural mythology of Leonardo da Vinci that sheds light on the intersections of the academy, the commercial art world, and ideas about attribution and authorship"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "An examination of the modern cultural mythology of Leonardo da Vinci that sheds light on the intersections of the academy, the commercial art world, and ideas about attribution and authorship"-- "In this book, Campbell examines the strangeness of Leonardo's words and works, and the distinctive premodern world of artisans and thinkers from which he emerged. Far from being a solitary genius living ahead of his time, Leonardo inhabited a vibrant network of artistic, technological, and literary exchange. By investigating the politics and cultural tensions of the era as well as the most recent scholarship on Leonardo's contemporaries, workshop, and writings, Campbell places Leonardo back into the milieu that shaped him and was shaped by him. He shows that it is in the gaps and contradictions of what we know of Leonardo's life that a less familiar and far more historically significant figure appears." -- |
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| Physical Description: | 308 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691193687 0691193681 |