Leonardo da Vinci and Architecture /

Leonardo da Vinci and Architecture /

Found scattered among his numerous manuscripts, Leonardo's studies on architecture were conceived during an artistic journey of close to fifty years while their author was in the service of the most prestigious patrons. Dealing with churches, ephemeral monuments, urban reconstruction, fortifica...

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Main Authors: Frommel, Sabine (Author), Guillaume, Jean (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Leonardo Studies ; 4.

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Architecture.
Art History.

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Call Number: N7480

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Leonardo and His Patrons
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 A Silent Dialogue: Lorenzo the Magnificent
  •  2 Leonardo at the Court of Lodovico Sforza
  •  3 The "prestantissimo et delectissimo familiare architecto et ingegnero generale" of Cesare Borgia
  •  4 Representatives of the King of France in Milan: Charles d'Amboise and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio
  •  5 At the Court of Leo X
  •  6 At the Court of Francis I
  • 2 The Painted Architecture
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 From the Annunciation (Uffizi) to the Last Supper (Santa Maria delle Grazie)
  •  2 Architectural Drawings for Potential Paintings and Stage Designs
  • 3 The tiburio of Milan Cathedral
  •   Jean Guillaume
  •  1 The Structure of the tiburio
  •  2 The Exterior Appearance: The Dome Preferred to the tiburio
  •  3 A Two-Domed Structure
  • 4 The Central-Plan Church
  •   Jean Guillaume
  •  1 Plan Types
  •  2 Plans Expressed in Volumes
  •  3 Elevations
  •  4 A Church Façade
  •  5 Leonardo and the Religious Architecture of the Renaissance
  • 5 Funerary Monuments
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 The Project for a Mausoleum
  •  2 The Funerary Monument of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio
  • 6 Urban Reconstruction and the Ideal City
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 Contemporary Research on the New Form of the City: Imagined Space and the Treatise
  •  2 Urban Reconstruction Projects in Milan: Functionality and Political Strategy
  •  3 From the Medici to Francis I : 1512-1519
  •  4 A Different Method: Giuliano da Sangallo
  • 7 Fortifications
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 Drawings of Defensive Structures during the First Milanese Sojourn
  •  2 Leonardo "architetto e ingenere generale" of Cesare Borgia
  •  3 Projects since 1503: Again the Fortress of Piombino and the Second Sojourn in Milan
  •  4 Leonardo's Approach
  • 8 Palaces and Villas
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 Projects Linked to Specific Sites and Programs
  •  2 The Country House of a Rich Landowner
  •  3 The Villa of Charles d'Amboise
  •  4 Villa Melzi
  •  5 The Ideal Projects of Palaces and Villas with a Central Plan
  •  6 The Façades
  • 9 The Staircase with Several Ascents
  •   Jean Guillaume
  • 10 Architectural Language: The Use of Orders
  •   Jean Guillaume
  • 11 Theatrical Architecture, Festivals, and Ephemeral Constructions in Leonardo's Work
  •   Sara Taglialagamba
  •  1 Mechanical Paradises
  •  2 Entertainment: Animated Forms and "Marvelous" Works
  •  3 In the Service of the French
  • 12 Leonardo and Antique Architecture: A Versatile Dialogue
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 Assimilation of the Pantheon
  •  2 Variations on the tholos
  •  3 Thoughts on the Villa Inspired by Antiquity
  •  4 Adoptions of More Complex Modalities Derived from Antique Origins
  • 13 Leonardo, His Contemporaries and His Legacy
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 From Florence to Milan: The Expanding References
  •  2 The Three Sojourns of Leonardo in Rome: Bramante and New Challenges
  •  3 Filarete, Francesco di Giorgio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Baldassarre Peruzzi
  •  4 The Florentines' Network
  •  5  Nachleben in the Drawing of the Codex Chlumzcanzky and in Serlio's Treatise
  • 14 Leonardo in France
  •   Jean Guillaume
  •  1 Romorantin
  •  2 Chambord
  • 15 Leonardo's Singularity
  •   Jean Guillaume
  • 16 Leonardo the Architect?
  •   Sabine Frommel
  •  1 Is There a "Leonardo Method"?
  •  2 From Inclinations to Principles
  • Bibliography
  • Index.