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| Named Person: | Leonardo, da Vinci; Leonardo, da Vinci |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ross King |
| ISBN: | 9780802717054 0802717055 |
| OCLC Number: | 772106551 |
| Description: | 336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, geneal. table ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The Last Supper : with Apostles identified -- The Bronze Horse -- Portrait of the artist as a middle-aged man -- The Cenacolo -- Dinner in Jerusalem -- Leonardo's court -- The Holy League -- Secret recipes -- "Trouble from this side and that" -- Every painter paints himself -- A sense of perspective -- A sense of proportion -- The beloved disciple -- Food and drink -- The language of the hands -- "No one loves the Duke" -- Epilogue: Tell me if I ever did a thing. |
| Responsibility: | Ross King. |
Abstract:
Tells the complete story of the creation of The Last Supper mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used; and the numerous personalities involved -- everyone from Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work.
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