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Identifier: leonardodavincia02mn.Title: Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science; ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidleonardodavincia02mn ) .Year: 1898 ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1898 ) (1890s ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1890 ) ).Authors: Müntz, Eugène, 1845-1902 ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorM__ntz__Eug__ne__1845_1902 ) .Subjects: 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/leonardodavincia02mn/leonardodavincia02mn#page/n18/mode/1up ) .About This Book: Catalog Entry ( details/leonardodavincia02mn ) .View All Images: All Images From Book ( ...internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidleonardodavincia02mn ) ..Click here to view book online ( stream/leonardodavincia02mn/leonardodavincia02mn#page/n18/mode/1up ) to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book....Text Appearing Before Image:...Text Appearing After Image:.A STUDY OF HORSES. (Windsor Lihr.iry.) CHAPTER I i.KONARDO S TIEALINOS WITH THE ANTIQUE L imitntionc delle cose antiche e piiilaudabile die quella dclle moderne. —Leonardo da Vin-ci. ^fe ^r^f^^i ^-f% :,.,^; ■■-^-^V . ■■ ■*■- T HE initial stage of Leonardoscareer coincides with the lastsupreme encounter between theancient tradition (the tradition of theMiddle Ages), and the new spirit of thetimes. Down to about the third quarterof the fifteenth century, painting, if wee.Kcept the painting of the school ofPadua, had sought inspiration fromRoman models for details of costumeor ornament only. But now, takingexample by the sister arts of architectureand sculpture, it strove to assimilate the actual principles, the veryessence, of classic art. Botticelli, Ghirlandajo, and above all,Filippino Lippi, exerted themselves unceasingly to build up theirfrescoes or pictures on the teachings offered them by that army of VOL. IF. * B STUDY FOR AN EQUESTRIAN STATtiE. (Windsor Library.) s.