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    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Leonardo Da Vinci
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    Leonardo Da Vinci

    By Maurice W. Brockwell

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      Leonardo Da Vinci - Maurice W. Brockwell

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Leonardo da Vinci, by Maurice W. Brockwell

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or

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      Title: Leonardo da Vinci

      Author: Maurice W. Brockwell

      Release Date: March, 2005 [EBook #7785]

      Last Updated: February 1, 2013

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LEONARDO DA VINCI ***

      Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger and the DP Team

      [Plate 1—MONA LISA. In the Louvre. No. 1601. 2 ft 6 ½ ins. By 1 ft. 9 ins.(0.77 x 0.53)]

      LEONARDO DA VINCI

      By MAURICE W. BROCKWELL

      Illustrated With Eight Reproductions in Colour

      Leonardo, wrote an English critic as far back as 1721, was a Man so happy in his genius, so consummate in his Profession, so accomplished in the Arts, so knowing in the Sciences, and withal, so much esteemed by the Age wherein he lived, his Works so highly applauded by the Ages which have succeeded, and his Name and Memory still preserved with so much Veneration by the present Age—that, if anything could equal the Merit of the Man, it must be the Success he met with. Moreover, 'tis not in Painting alone, but in Philosophy, too, that Leonardo surpassed all his Brethren of the 'Pencil.'

      This admirable summary of the great Florentine painter's life's work still holds good to-day.

      CONTENTS

      His Birth

      His Early Training

      His Early Works

      First Visit to Milan

      In the East

      Back in Milan

      The Virgin of the Rocks

      The Last Supper

      The Court of Milan

      Leonardo Leaves Milan

      Mona Lisa

      Battle of Anghiari

      Again in Milan

      In Rome

      In France

      His Death

      His Art

      His Mind

      His Maxims

      His Spell

      His Descendants

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      Plate

      I. Mona Lisa

        In the Louvre

      II. Annunciation

        In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

      III. Virgin of the Rocks

        In the National Gallery, London

      IV. The Last Supper

        In the Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

      V. Copy of the Last Supper

        In the Diploma Gallery, Burlington House

      VI. Head of Christ

        In the Brera Gallery, Milan

      VII. Portrait (presumed) of Lucrezia Crivelli

        In the Louvre

      VIII. Madonna, Infant Christ, and St Anne.

        In the Louvre

      HIS BIRTH

      Leonardo Da Vinci, the many-sided genius of the Italian Renaissance, was born, as his name implies, at the little town of Vinci, which is about six miles from Empoli and twenty miles west of Florence. Vinci is still very inaccessible, and the only means of conveyance is the cart of a general carrier and postman, who sets out on his journey from Empoli at sunrise and sunset. Outside

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