Leonardo and the Last supper
(2012)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
759.5/LEONARDO/KIN
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Walker & Company, [2012]
©2012
©2012
EDITION
First U.S. edition
DESCRIPTION
336 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical chart ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780802717054, 0802717055, 0802717055 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Tells the complete story of the creation of The Last Supper mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used; and the numerous personalities involved -- everyone from the Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work