Image from page 142 of "Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;" (1898)

Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; Year: 1898. Authors: Müntz, Eugène, 1845-1902. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectLeonardo__da_Vinci__1452_1519 ) .Publisher: London : W. Heinemann ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon___W__Heinemann ) New York, C. Scribner's sons ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisher_New_York__C__Scribner_s_sons ) .Contributing Library: University of California Libraries ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries ) .Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorInternet_Archive ) ...View Book Page: Book Viewer ( stream/leonardodavincia01munt/leonardodavincia01munt#page/n142/mode/1up ) .About This Book: Catalog Entry ( details/leonardodavincia01munt ) .View All Images: All Images From Book .Click here to view book online ( stream/leonardodavincia01munt/leonardodavincia01munt#page/n142/mode/1up ) to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book....Text Appearing Before Image:.CHAPTER IV LODOVICO IL MORO AND BEATRICE D ESTE—THE COURT OF THE SFORZI— PRINCES, HUMANISTS, AND SCHOLARS THE MILANESE SCHOOL—LEONARDOS PRECURSORS AND RIVALS. Qui, come Tape al mel, vienne ogni dotto,Di virtuosi ha la sua corta piena ;Da Fiorenza un Appelle ha qui condotto.—Bellincioni, Visione...Text Appearing After Image:.L EONARDOS sojourn in Milan coincides with Ital)s last clays of brightness, and with the dawn of a martyrdom which was to last three centuries and a half. The year 1490 is the fateful date which marks both the culminating points or a long series of successes, and what we should now call the beginning of the end. One alarming symptom, and one often observed at the outset of certain grave maladies, was the sense of security, of well - being, of almost sensuous pleasure, experienced by Italy at this psychological moment. The year 1490, wherein our fair city (Florence), glorious in her riches, her Braun, Clément & Co. STUDY OF A HORSE. (Windsor Library.) 90 LEONARDO DA VINCI victories, her arts, and her monuments, enjoyed prosperity, health, andpeace. . . . So runs the inscription on Domenico Ghirlandajosfrescoes in Santa Maria Novella. Guicciardini, too, at the beginningof his htoria cTItalia, fixes the apogee of his countrys prosperity inthe year 1490: A sovereign peace and tranqui.

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