Leonardo Da Vinci · The Flights of the Mind by Nicholl, Charles -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page About the Author Praise for the Leonardo da Vinci Dedication List of Illustrations Introduction: The Cooling of the Soup Leonardo da Vinci

Part One: CHILDHOOD 1452–1466

Birth The da Vinci Caterina ‘My First Memory …’ At The Mill Speaking with Animals The ‘Madonna of the Snow’ Education

Part Two: APPRENTICESHIP 1466–1477

The City Renaissance Men Andrea’s Bottega Learning the Trade Spectaculars On the Lantern First Paintings The Dragon Ginevra The Saltarelli Affair ‘Companions in Pistoia’

Part Three: INDEPENDENCE 1477–1482

Leonardo’s Studio The Hanged Man Zoroastro The Technologist ‘Poets in a Hurry’ The Musician St Jerome and the Lion The Gardens of the Medici The Adoration Leaving

Part Four: NEW HORIZONS 1482–1490

Milan Expatriates and Artists The Virgin of the Rocks Ways of Escape The First Notebooks Tall Tales, Small Puzzles Architectural Projects The Moor’s Mistress The Milanese Studio The Anatomist The Sforza Horse At the Corte Vecchia

Part Five: AT COURT 1490–499

Theatricals ‘Of Shadow and Light’ Little Devil Hunting Bears Casting the Horse ‘Caterina Came …’ Echoes of War The Making of the Last Supper The ‘Academy’ Leonardo’s Garden ‘Sell What You Cannot Take …’

Part Six: ON THE MOVE 1500–1506

Mantua and Venice Back in Florence The Insistent Marchioness Borgia Autumn in Imola A Letter to the Sultan Moving the River Mistress Lisa The Anghiari Fresco (I) Michelangelo A Death and a Journey The Anghiari Fresco (II) The Spirit of the Bird

Part Seven: RETURN TO MILAN 1506–1513

The Governor ‘Good Day, Master Francesco …’ Brothers at War Dissections Back in the Studio The World and its Waters Fêtes Milanaises La Cremona The ‘Medical Schools’ Chez Melzi Portrait of the Artist at Sixty

Part Eight: LAST YEARS 1513–1519

Heading South At the Belvedere The Baptist and the Bacchus The Deluge Sickness, Deception, Mirrors Last Visit to Florence Maistre Lyenard The Cardinal Calls ‘Night was Chased Away’ The Great Sea

Illustrations Author’s Note Notes Sources Follow Penguin Copyright Page

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