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The Young Leonardo: Art and Life in Fifteenth-Century Florence
Larry J. Feinberg
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Description for The Young Leonardo: Art and Life in Fifteenth-Century Florence
hardcover. This book explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist. Num Pages: 216 pages, 76 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
Leonardo da Vinci is often presented as the 'transcendent genius', removed from or ahead of his time. This book, however, attempts to understand him in the context of Renaissance Florence. Larry J. Feinberg explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist. While celebrating his many artistic achievements, the book illuminates his debt to other artists' works and his struggles to gain and retain patronage, as well as his career and personal difficulties. Feinberg examines the range of Leonardo's interests, including aerodynamics, anatomy, astronomy, botany, geology, hydraulics, optics, and warfare technology, to clarify how the artist's broad ... Read more
Leonardo da Vinci is often presented as the 'transcendent genius', removed from or ahead of his time. This book, however, attempts to understand him in the context of Renaissance Florence. Larry J. Feinberg explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist. While celebrating his many artistic achievements, the book illuminates his debt to other artists' works and his struggles to gain and retain patronage, as well as his career and personal difficulties. Feinberg examines the range of Leonardo's interests, including aerodynamics, anatomy, astronomy, botany, geology, hydraulics, optics, and warfare technology, to clarify how the artist's broad ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107002395
SKU
V9781107002395
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About Larry J. Feinberg
Larry J. Feinberg is the Director and CEO of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He is the editor of two reference volumes on the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Italian Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago and French and English Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in the Art Institute of Chicago. He has also ... Read more
Reviews for The Young Leonardo: Art and Life in Fifteenth-Century Florence
'Feinberg's work offers a nuanced, intelligent account of varied themes within the artist's early period. The text is insightful and thought provoking.' Choice 'At last, we have a completely fresh and compelling look at the artist's early years. The Young Leonardo brilliantly places the artist in the context of contemporary Florentine culture and society while giving us fascinating new insights ... Read more