Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan

by Luke Syson

Book Overview

Leonardo da Vinci's reputation as an inventor and scientist, and the complexity of his creativity and personality, have sometimes almost overshadowed the importance of his aims and techniques as a painter. This catalogue focuses on a crucial period in the 1480s and 1490s when, as a salaried court artist to Duke Ludovico Sforza in the city-state of Milan, freed from the pressures of making a living in the commercially minded Florentine republic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857094913
• ISBN13: 9781857094916
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 5.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.7" x 12.8"