Leonardo’s Lover!
So who painted this now famous Prado-owned La Gioconda? Fueled with personalities and possibly sordid details, it’s a fun question to examine. da Vinci’s Helicopter drawing, taken from Wikipedia...
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Last week we wound our way from considering the Prado and Spain in the general, to zeroing in on a contemporary replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. In our last post we shamelessly lingered on...
View ArticleBuon Natale da Firenze!
Sandro Botticelli’s Madonna del Magnificat 1481, at the Uffizi, taken from Wikipedia The Madonna Enthroned with baby Jesus in her lap and various saints in attendance is by far the most common...
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