{"product_id":"this-is-not-leonardo-da-vinci-paperback","title":"This is not Leonardo da Vinci - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRiccardo Magnani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite so much being written about Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance, many questions about the Tuscan artist's life and works remain shrouded in mystery: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy isn't the painting exhibited at the Louvre Museum the Mona Lisa?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do we find so many pagan symbols in Leonardo's Christian representations?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWas Leonardo really the son of a notary and a slave?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy is there such a lack of work from Leonardo's early life-perhaps his most important period?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do we have paintings of the Americas well before the first trips of Christopher Columbus?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiccardo Magnani, economist-turned-Leonardo expert, reconstructs the political and economic world around da Vinci, illustrating how he was influenced by the biggest \"discovery\" of all, the Americas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is not Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e provides the key to understanding Leonardo's visual language, within the context of the Renaissance and its artists-essential to fully comprehend his work and the many clues he left behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagnani reveals little-known facts about Leonardo's education, long suppressed by the Catholic Church-from his use of iconography of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Byzantines, to his influence by the Neoplatonic movement led by George Gemistus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks to the new insights presented by \u003cem\u003eThis is not Leonardo, \u003c\/em\u003e the dogmatic prism that our Western society has employed for so long to understand Leonardo da Vinci can now finally be challenged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 394\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748068655392,"sku":"9780645067514","price":30.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/73931d6b42ff9016a2feee214e3fc1ed.webp?v=1779903929","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-is-not-leonardo-da-vinci-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}