Leonardo Da Vinci - Insights 1.2

Gain insights into the mind and life of Leonardo Da Vinci, one of the greatest artists, inventors, scientists and philosophers that ever lived.

"Leonardo," wrote an English critic as far back as 1721, "was a Man so happy in his genius, so consummate in his Profession, so accomplished in the Arts, so knowing in the Sciences, and withal, so much esteemed by the Age wherein he lived, his Works so highly applauded by the Ages which have succeeded, and his Name and Memory still preserved with so much Veneration by the present Age--that, if anything could equal the Merit of the Man, it must be the Success he met with. Moreover, tis not in Painting alone, but in Philosophy, too, that Leonardo surpassed all his Brethren of the Pencil."

Topics include:
His Birth
His Early Training
His Early Works
First Visit to Milan
Back in Milan
The Virgin of the Rocks
The Last Supper
The Court of Milan
Leonardo Leaves Milan
Mona Lisa
Battle of Anghiari
Again in Milan
In Rome
In France
His Death
His Art
His Mind
His Maxims
His Spell
His Descendants

Text by Maurice Brockwell