Leonardo da Vinci (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Martin Kemp, Jane Roberts
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Art history; science
- Time of Work: Primarily 1452 to 1519
- Setting: Italy
- Principal Characters: Leonardo Da Vinci
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Science and technology, Arts
- Subjects: Art or artists, Science or scientists, Illegitimacy, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Italy or Italians, Renaissance, Sculpting or sculptors, Inventions or inventors, Experiments, Museums
- Locales: Italy
Plagued by the paradigmatic fault of perfectionists, the inability to complete projects, Leonardo left to posterity fewer than twenty paintings, many of them in unfinished or in badly deteriorated condition, and not an entire statue, machine, building, or book. Despite the fragmentary nature of his legacy, his influence on succeeding generations has been surprisingly strong. Although his public creations did not match in quantity or quality those of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian, many critics have ranked him with these masters because of such works as The Last Supper and the...
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