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Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English for several decades. Prize-winning author Charles Nicholl has immersed himself for five years in all the manuscripts, paintings and artefacts to produce an intimate portrait' of Leonardo. He uses these contemporary materials - his notebooks and sketchbooks, eye witnesses and early biographies, etc - as a way into the mental tone and physical texture of his life and has made myriad small discoveries about him and his work and his circle of associates. Among much else, the book identifies what Nicholl argues is an unknown portrait of the artist hanging in a church near Lodi in northern Italy. It also contains new material on his eccentric assistant Tomasso Masini, on his homosexual affairs in Florence, and on his curious relationship with a female model and/or prostitute from Cremona. A masterpiece of modern biography.
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Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Ren aissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English for several decades. Pr ize-winning author Charles Nicholl has immersed himself for five years in a ll the manuscripts, paintings and artefacts to produce an intimate portrai t' of Leonardo. He uses these contemporary materials-his notebooks and sk etchbooks, eye witnesses and early biographies, etc-as a way into the men tal tone and physical texture of his life and has made myriad small discove ries about him and his work and his circle of associates. Among much else, the book identifies what Nicholl argues is an unknown portrait of the artis t hanging in a church near Lodi in northern Italy. It also contains new mat erial on his eccentric assistant Tomasso Masini, on his homosexual affairs in Florence, and on his curious relationship with a female model and/or pro stitute from Cremona. A masterpiece of modern biography. 
Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 2005. Paperback. Number of pages: 640. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. #8356445 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. 
Published by Allen Lane in 2004. Binding: Hardback without Dust jacket. Number of pages: 622. Ex. Library copy-usual stamps and marks. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. 
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A very good paperback copy, gently used. The binding is solid, but there is one very faint reading crease in the spine. The cover shows only mild wear, chiefly a little rubbing or softening of the corners. There is a store price-sticker on the front, and since this is a Britich edition, the price is in pounds: 3 for 18 pounds--apparently in England they expect people to buy more than one at a time! The text is clean and unmarked. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In writing this critically acclaimed biography, the author has sought to look under the common conception of Leonardo as a universal genius to discover what he was like as a man, to reconstruct the ordinary days in which his extraordinary achievements took place. Which is why Adam Gopnik called it "the most human Leonardo we have. " It includes numerous illustrations, both B&W and color, or, since this is the British edition, in colour. 623 pages. 