1478, a year in Leonardo da Vinci's career
By: by Edoardo Villata
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781527566811; 9781527563933
Subjects: History of art / art & design styles; History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Renaissance art
Description: 1478 was the year in which Leonardo da Vinci, aged 26, obtained his first official commission and witnessed the Pazzi Conspiracy against the Medici family. In that year, he probably opened his independent workshop, leaving that of his master Andrea del Verrocchio, and, in its final months, he began to paint two paintings representing the Virgin Mary. One of these paintings is very likely the Benois Madonna at the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg; a work that marks a strong change in Leonardo's style and power of expression and his representation of light and human emotions.This book provides an.