An immersive journey through five centuries of history to define the Leonardo mystique and uncover how the elusive Renaissance artist became a global pop icon.<\/b><\/p>\n
Virtually everyone would agree that Leonardo da Vinci was the most important artist of the High Renaissance. It was Leonardo who singlehandedly created the defining features of Western art: a realism based on subtle shading; depth using atmospheric effects; and dramatic contrasts between light and dark.<\/p>\n
But how did Leonardo, a painter of very few works who died in obscurity in France, become the internationally renowned icon he is today, with the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper the most visited artworks in the world, attracting nearly a billion visitors each year, and Salvator Mundi selling as the most expensive artwork of all time, for nearly half a billion dollars?<\/p>\n
This extraordinary volume, lavishly illustrated with 130 color images, is the first book to unravel these mysteries by diving deep into the art, literature, science, and politics of Europe from the Renaissance through today. It gives illuminating context to both Leonardo and his accomplishments; explores why Leonardo\u2019s fame vastly overshadowed that of his contemporaries and disciples; and ultimately reveals why despite finishing very few works, his celebrity has survived, even thrived, through five centuries of history.<\/p>\n
Jean-Pierre Isbouts<\/b> est un historien de l'art et professeur titulaire d'un doctorat \u00e0 la Fielding Graduate University. Il est l'auteur de neuf livres, dont The Biblical World, In the Footsteps of Jesus et The Story of Christianity, qui ont vendu pr\u00e8s de 1,3 million d'exemplaires, et, avec Christopher Heath Brown, le coauteur de deux ouvrages pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents sur L\u00e9onard de Vinci, The Mona Lisa Myth et Young Leonardo. Le Dr Isbouts a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 de nombreuses \u00e9missions de radio et de t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et est l'animateur de la s\u00e9rie t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e In Search of Masterpieces.<\/p>\n
Christopher Heath Brown<\/b> est un chirurgien buccal et maxillo-facial en exercice qui a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 des expos\u00e9s et publi\u00e9 devant des publics nationaux et internationaux, ainsi qu'un collectionneur d'art et le directeur de Brown Discoveries, un institut de recherche ax\u00e9 sur l'art de la Renaissance, surr\u00e9aliste et contemporain. En collaboration avec le Dr Isbouts, le Dr Brown a produit The Search for the Last Supper et The Search for the Mona Lisa pour la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision publique. Le Dr Brown vit \u00e0 Cornelius, en Caroline du Nord.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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