Leonardo da Vinci (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Noble
- First Published: 1958
- Time of Work: 1467–1519
- Setting: Vinci, Florence, Milan, and Rome, Italy; and Amboise, France
- Principal Characters: Leonardo da Vinci, Andrea del Verrocchio, Paola del Pozzo Toscanelli, Lorenzo de’ Medici, Ludovico Sforza, “Salai,”, Francesco Melzi, Francis I
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Art or artists, Science or scientists, Painting or painters, Italy or Italians, Renaissance, Biography, Inventions or inventors, Apprentices, Anatomy, Drawing
- Locales: Florence, Italy, Rome, Italy, Milan, Italy, Amboise, France, Vinci, Italy
Form and Content
In writing Leonardo da Vinci: The Universal Genius, Iris Noble also created a cultural and social history of the late Italian Renaissance. Although she focuses on the life of Leonardo, she includes realistic details depicting daily life during this time period. She also refers to the political turmoil in Italy during the fifteenth century and explains how the Renaissance style of art evolved from the style common during the Middle Ages.
Using a narrative form, Noble chronicles the life of Leonardo from his boyhood to his death. The first five...
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