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The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner
Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
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'Wedded?'
'A maid.'
'Good. But I shall need the name.'
'What on earth matters the name?'
'Can't do imploring without the name.'
'Madonna Lucrezia.—You have nothing ready?'
'Truly, my lord, I have; but something fresh would please better. Permit me the seclusion of the next apartment; 'twill be the affair of a moment. Already I feel the rhymes crawling in my head.'
Just then a page announced 'Messer Leonardo da Vinci,' and Bellincioni disappeared through one door as Leonardo entered at the other.
VAfter the opening salutations the duke and the artist fell to discussing the new canal which was to connect the Sesia and the Ticino, and by a branching network of trenches was to irrigate the meadows and pastures of the Lomellina. Leonardo was superintendent of the excavations for the canal, though he had not the title. . . Read More
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Поначалу было ОЧЕНЬ тяжело. Читала слишком много современной прозы, и поэтому переключить мозг на восприятие старого стиля было безумно сложно.
Однако, если продраться через начало, - книга хороша. Не совсем биография, скорее художественная зарисовка эпохи. Однозначно интересная интерпретация, но пос
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I don’t know how got through this entire book when I was younger
A book for Leonardo aficionados, as the translation is in very formal English. But the point-of-view feels right. The book was written in the early 1900s. What were the Russian author's sources, working in his time and place? It was a labor of love to finish it!
I did enjoy the writing in this one, the style was pretty. I am not sure if I liked the plot, and felt like all of Leonardo's dialogue was very scripted. Some of the other characters in this were really all over the place. Leonardo is always a brilliant subject matter though. I still think you are b
This book is a mystical parable by a lesser known russian author. I bought this book at a rummage sale for nothing, and I loved it. It is one of my ambitions in life to write this up as a screen play. I think you will like it.
Невероятно познавательно и вызывает глубокое уважение к автору, который каким-то образом умудрялся находить всю информацию в доинтернетную эпоху. И я действительно очень многое узнал об очень особом для меня персонаже, однако... Я рад, что это не первый и не единственный мой источник информации о Ле
This particular book was fun to read, mostly because I have a copy from the 1920's or something ( I didn't check the date) and it felt historic along with the text. The author loves description, and at times blows one away with the richness and immersive language. Other times, it seems to go far off
I read this together with "The Agony and the Ecstasy", Machiavelli's "The Prince", and Cellini's autobiography... a very entertaining portal into the art and culture of 16th century Italy.