The lost battles : Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the artistic duel that defined the Renaissance / Jonathan Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Jonathan
Format Book
Edition1st U.S. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Descriptionxii, 354 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Genius in the streets, 1503-4 -- The insult -- The fame machine -- Heroics -- Stoning David -- The ascent of art -- The art of war, 1504-5 -- Bloodstains -- The genius in his study -- Naked truth -- Master of war -- The raid -- The great swan -- Hell's mouth -- The lost battles, 1506-present -- The good citizen -- School of the world -- Prisoners.
Abstract The great artistic clash between Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci marks the true beginning of the High Renaissance. Re-creating sixteenth-century Florence with astonishing verve and aplomb, the author not only sheds new light on the making of the modern world but, in its portrait of two cultural titans going toe to toe, rewires our understanding of the personalities of the Renaissance's greatest icons.
General note"Originally published in Great Britain in slightly different form by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., London, in 2010"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index.
LCCN 2012018978
ISBN9780307594754 (hbk.)
ISBN0307594750 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks N6923 .B9 J66 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold