Leonardo da Vinci (Classic Reprint)

PREFACE VlIOEVER to-day undertakes to speak of Leonardo) of his life and art. nlust be conscious that be has only fragments to offer. Fragmentary indeed is all that ,,,oe positively know of the external conditions under w bieh he pro.~ duced his works. Fragnlentary too is all that we possess of his artistic legacy. And the nlost precious treasures that Leonardo left be~ hind hhn-his drawings-have neither been reproduced collectively by the resources of modern skill, nor adequately examined frOlIl the critical point of view. In a book intended to be read by such as find pleasure in art, there is no place for the Inany controversies ' .... hich ha'e arisen over the authenticity of some of his works. The critical questions the author was obliged to settle for himself and to state his own 'views as actual facts. l1oreover, the other side of this genius-his .. Vll

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; :l'HE ADORATION OF THE KINGS; EQUESTRIAN MONUMENTS; LA VIERGE AUX ROCHERS; -~rHE LAST SUPPER; THE "SAINT ANN A "; -·LEDA •; THE CARTOON OF "THE BATTLE OF ANGHIPAG; E Vll; 1; 68; 87; 98; 109; 117; 134; 146; ARI" 153; THE" MONA LISA" 165; THE " JOHN THE BAPTIST" • 172; ON LEONARDO'S "TREATISE ON PAINTING" • 177; SOl'IE WORKS ON LEONARDO 188

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