Ross King

Leonardo and the Last Supper (MP3-Download)

Ungekürzte Lesung. 678 Min.
Sprecher: Meadows, Mark

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Produktbeschreibung

Bloomsbury presents Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King, read by Mark Meadows In 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began what would become one of history's most influential works of art—The Last Supper. After a decade at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point: at forty-three, he had failed, despite a number of prestigious commissions, to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing promise. His latest failure was a giant bronze horse to honor Sforza's father, made with material expropriated by the military. The commission to paint The Last Supper was a small compensation, and his odds of completing it weren't promising: he hadn't worked on such a large painting and had no experience in the standard mural medium of fresco. Amid war and the political and religious turmoil around him, and beset by his own insecurities and frustrations, Leonardo created the masterpiece that would forever define him. Ross King unveils dozens of stories that are embedded in the painting, and overturns many of the myths surrounding it. Bringing to life a fascinating period in European history, he presents an original portrait of one of history's greatest geniuses through the lens of his most famous work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781639738052
• Artikelnr.: 73807994

Autorenporträt

Born and raised in Canada, Ross King has lived in England since 1992. In 2002-03, two books of his were published in the United States, Domino, about the world of masquerades and opera in 18th century London and the New York Times bestselling Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling.

Rezensionen

Quickly dispenses with the outlandish myths spread by The Da Vinci Code… history is in many ways more surprising than Dan Brown's popular fiction.