Day the Renaissance Was Saved: The Battle of Anghiari and Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece

Day the Renaissance Was Saved: The Battle of Anghiari and Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece

Niccolo Capponi • Melville House Publishing

ISBN-10: 1612194605 · ISBN-13: 978‑1612194608 · 2015

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Dimensions: 8.9 × 6 × 1.1 in

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Niccolo Capponi examines the historical context and artistic ambition surrounding Leonardo da Vinci’s ill-fated mural, The Battle of Anghiari. By situating the project within the political turbulence of 16th-century Florence, the author provides a detailed account of the commission, the experimental techniques employed by the artist, and the subsequent disappearance of the work. This study bridges the gap between military history and art historical analysis to explore one of the most enigmatic losses in Western art.

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