Author: Nicholl, Charles
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Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind
Price: $6.98
Publisher: Penguin Books : November 2005
Seller ID: 300872
ISBN-13: 9780143036128
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Used - Very Good
In this engaging and thoroughly researched biography, Charles Nicholl uncovers the man behind the myth of the great Renaissance master. At times a painter, sculptor, inventor, draftsman, and anatomist, Leonardo's life cannot easily be summarized. And yet, Nicholl skillfully traces the artist's early days as an illegitimate child in Tuscany; his apprenticeship with Verrocchio in Florence; his service with some of the most powerful Renaissance families; his relationships with Michelangelo and Machiavelli; and his final days at the French royal court. In addition, Nicholl looks beyond the well-kn...
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