The shadow drawing : how science taught Leonardo how to paint / Francesca Fiorani.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Descrizione fisica:
372 p. : ill., ritr. ; 21 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Prologue. Pt. 1. How science taugh Leonardo how to paint: 1. The right place at the right time 2. Brunelleschi's Dome, Verrocchio's Palla and Leonardo's eye 3. Body and soul. Pt. 2. How leonardo painted: 4. Landscapes à la Leonardoand the first solo painting 5. The painting of the young bride-to-be 6. The unfinished painting 7. The Virgin of the rocks. Pt. 3. How Leonardo taught the science of art: 8. The idea of a book on painting 9. Why The last supper fell to pieces 10. Why the Mona Lisa was never finished. Pt. 4. How Leonard's science of art was lost and found: 11. The heir 12. The biographer and the doctored book 13. The best editor, an obsessed painter and a printed book. Epilogue. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index
