(P/B) LEONARDO DA VINCI (ΔΙΤΟΜΟ)

Παρουσίαση

Behind the original publication of this book in 2003 lay the aspiration to test the possibilities of a "historical explanation of pictures" (Baxandall 1985) that takes account at the social climate within which such pictures arose and the artistic evolution of their genre. The main priority was the endeavour to formulate a precise interpretation of the content of Leonardo's paintings, extrapolated from their respective context and pictorial tradition. I have also attempted to show that both Leonardo's theoretical deliberations and their practical implementation within his art can only be understood in relation to their historical circumstances. Naturally, not all approaches adopted in recent scholarship tend in this direction; we shall nevertheless take a brief look at what, in my view, are the most important results published over the past few years. (...) (from the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

PREFACE TO THE 2011 EDITION
Frank Zollner
PREFACE TO THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION 2007
Frank Zollner
LEONARDO DA VINCI - LIFE AND WORK
I. THE YOUNG ARTIST IN FLORENCE
II. PROFESSIONAL BREAKTHROUGH IN FLORENCE
III. A FRESH START IN MILAN
IV. BEGGININGS AS COURT ARTIST IN MILAN
V. THE ARTIST AND "SCIENCE"
VI. FROM THE LAST SUPPER TO THE FALL OF LUDOVICO SFORZA
VII. FROM MANTUA TO VENICE AND BACK TO FLORENCE
VIII. LEONARDO IN FLORENCE: BATTLE PAINTINGS AND "MUSCULAR RHETORIC"
IX. BETWEEN FLORENCE AND MILAN
X. THE LAST YEARS
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (LIFE AND WORK)
CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE PAINTINGS
Frank Zollner
THE "HEIDELBERG CICERO"
Frank Zollner