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Folger call number: N6923.L33 F45 2011
Folger holdings ID: 350604
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index
Contents
1. Childhood -- 2. Florence and Cosimo the Elder -- 3. The cultural climate of Florence -- 4. First years in Florence and the Verrocchio workshop -- 5. First works in Florence and the artistic milieu -- 6. Early pursuits in engineering: hydraulics and the movement of water -- 7. The Bust of a Warrior and Leonardo's creative method -- 8. Early participation in the Medici court -- 9. Leonardo's personality and place in Florentine society --10. Important productions and collaborations in the Verroccio shop -- 11. Leonardo's colleagues in the workshop --12. Leonardo's Madonna of the Carnation and the exploration of optics -- 13. The Benois Madonna and continued meditations on the theme of sight -- 14. The Madonna of the Cat -- 15. Leonardo, the Medici, and public executions -- 16. Leonardo and Ginevra de'Benci -- 17. Leonardo as portraitist and master of the visual pun -- 18. The young sculptor -- 19. The Madonna Litta -- 20. The Adoration of the Magi and invention of the High Renaissance style -- 21. The Adoration and Leonardo's military interests -- 22. Leonardo and allegorical conceits for the Medici court -- 23. Early ideas for the Last Supper -- 24. Leonardo and the Saint Sebastian -- 25. Saint Jerome -- 26. First thoughts for the Virgin of the Rocks and the invention of the Mary Magdelene-courtesan genre -- 27 Milan -- 28. Leonardo and the Sforza court
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subject: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519