Contents

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