Leonardo: A Biographical Novel

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Leonardo: A Biographical Novel

This compelling novel takes the reader into the tumultuous period of the Renaissance and the origins of Leonardo da Vinci, the bastard child of a notary. Of da Vinci, the eminent art historian Kenneth Clark wrote, â€œno more complex and mysterious character ever existed than this Hamlet of art history.â€ Clark noted that one had to be â€œfamiliar with all of Leonardo's writings in their chronological order (and) the state of learning in the Renaissance to judge Leonardo's progress in relation to that of his contemporaries.â€This compelling novel takes the reader into the tumultuous period of the Renaissance and the origins of Leonardo da Vinci, the bastard child of a notary. Of da Vinci, the eminent art historian Kenneth Clark wrote, â€œno more complex and mysterious character ever existed than this Hamlet of art history.â€ Clark noted that one had to be â€œfamiliar with all of Leonardo's writings in their chronological order (and) the state of learning in the Renaissance to judge Leonardo's progress in relation to that of his contemporaries.â€

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