Bibliograph

Leonardo da Vinci, flights of the mind, Charles Nicholl

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Label

Leonardo da Vinci, flights of the mind, Charles Nicholl

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-580) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Leonardo da Vinci

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56334378

Responsibility statement

Charles Nicholl

Sub title

flights of the mind

Summary

Examines the life and works of Renaissance painter, inventor, and sculptor, Leonardo da Vinci and studies his childhood in Tuscany, apprenticeship in Florence, relationship with contemporaries Michelangelo and Machiavelli, and the stories behind the creation of his "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper."

Table Of Contents

Childhood: 1452-1466 -- Apprenticeship: 1466-1477 -- Independence: 1477-1482 -- New horizons: 1482-1490 -- At Court: 1490-1499 -- On the move: 1500-1506 -- Return to Milan: 1506-1513 -- Last years: 1513-1519

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