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Zusatztext "For lovers of art history! this lavishly illustrated and well-written book is an absolute gem." - Italia! Magazine Informationen zum Autor Rosalind Ormiston is a researcher, lecturer and author in art, architecture and design history. She lectures in art and architectural history at Kingston University, London. Her recent publications include Colour Source Book, Alphonse Mucha: Masterworks, Art Deco: The Golden Age of Graphic Art and Illustration; Michelangelo: His Life and Works in 500 Images and Leonardo da Vinci: His Life and Works in 500 Images. Constance J. Moffatt received her PhD from UCLA in Art History, studying with the preeminent Leonardo da Vinci scholar, Carlo Pedretti. She taught art history for almost 30 years, recently retiring from Pierce College in Los Angeles. She has lectured widely and published in her fields of interest: Milanese history, architectural history, the Sforza family, and Leonardo. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief, along with Sara Taglialagamba, of the Brill book series, Leonardo Studies. Klappentext With 2019 marking the five-hundredth anniversary of Da Vinci's death, this coffee-table book examines Da Vinci's art in the context of the environment that brought it about. Ormiston has also written "Masterworks" books about Alphonse Mucha and Edward Hopper. Zusammenfassung Famed for the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and his astonishing drawings, da Vinci excelled in a multitude of arenas. The patronage of the Medici family was key, and this sumptuous new book offers a view of the artist in this context, alongside the work of others who benefited from the Medici, from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo.
