Leonardo: experience a masterpiece

This concise but innovative book, published to accompany an immersive digital exhibition at the National Gallery, London, focuses on a single Leonardo painting, and one of the artist's most celebrated: The Virgin of the Rocks. The quarter-century process of its creation is described, while a te...

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Other Authors: Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 (Illustrator), Bell, Kate (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London National Gallery Company Limited 2019
New Haven Yale University Press
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Summary:This concise but innovative book, published to accompany an immersive digital exhibition at the National Gallery, London, focuses on a single Leonardo painting, and one of the artist's most celebrated: The Virgin of the Rocks. The quarter-century process of its creation is described, while a technical study shows how the latest scanning technology has been used by the National Gallery to explore beneath the surface of the picture, resulting in new insights into Leonardo's approach, optical theories, and painting technique. Illustrated with details of the painting, technical images, drawings, and comparative works, this volume combines the expertise of curators, conservators, and scientists in order to introduce readers to a fresh perspective on one of history's most extraordinary minds
Item Description:Published to accompany the exhibition "Leonardo: experience a masterpiece" The National Gallery, London, 9 November - 12 January 2020
Physical Description:71 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm
ISBN:9781857096606
1857096606

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