Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Prologue
Part
I: How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint
1.
The Right Place at the Right Time
2.
Brunelleschi’s Dome, Verrocchio’s
Palla
, and Leonardo’s Eye
3.
Body and Soul
Part
II: How Leonardo Painted
4.
Landscapes à la Leonardo and the First Solo Painting
5.
The Painting of the Young Bride-to-Be
6.
The Unfinished Painting
7.
The
Virgin of the Rocks
Part
III: How Leonardo Taught the Science of Art
8.
The Idea of a Book on Painting
9.
Why the
Last Supper
Fell to Pieces
10.
Why the
Mona Lisa
Was Never Finished
Part
IV: How Leonardo’s Science of Art Was Lost and Found
11.
The Heir
12.
The Biographer and the Doctored Book
13.
The Best Editor, an Obsessed Painter, and a Printed Book
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Illustration Credits
Also by Francesca Fiorani
A Note About the Author
Copyright