Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science (1898) (14597885488)

Identifier: leonardodavincia01mn (find matches)
Title: Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Müntz, Eugène, 1845-1902
Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
Publisher: London : W. Heinemann New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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\A OF THE ADORATION OF THE (Fragment from the Cartoon.) STUDIES FOR THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI 69 on the ground in the Louvre drawing ; but he has risen to his feetin that of the GaHchon collection. The group of five persons who press eagerly round the Divine Childis strikingly beautiful. But Leonardo suppressed it, as may be seenby a comparison of the Cologne and Galichon drawings. This groupis marked by a fervour and enthusiasm, a passion and emotion, too rarein Leonardos works. The master seems to have made it a rule to
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CARTOON OF THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI. (Uffizi, Florence.) repress his feelings, and to present a spectacle of perfect serenity to theworld. If the drawing in the Cologne Museum contained but this singlerevelation, if it had nothing of interest beyond this outburst of generousfeeling, it would still be of the greatest interest to point it out toLeonardos admirers, and I should feel myself sufficiently rewarded formy efforts by the pleasure of bringing it to light. 70 LEONARDO DA VINCI A fifth drawing, taking them in chronological order, is to be foundin the Uffizi ; it is a study for a background, which seems to havegreatly Interested the master. To the left are two parallel flights ofsteps ; at the foot of one of these a camel is lying. There is nothingstrange in this motive ; the Adoration of the Magi was a theme whichalways gave the painter a certain licence in the multiplication ofpicturesque details, rare animals, exotic plants, etc. Take, for instance,Luinis fresco at Saronno, wi