The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci

Atle Næss paints a broad picture of Leonardo da Vinci. He follows his journey through Renaissance Europe – from the Medici’s court in Florence to the Sforzas of Milan, the Roman Pope and finally to Europe’s most powerful man, Francis 1 of France.

Leonardo da Vinci is primarily known as a painter and creator of masterpieces like Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, but he was also one of his age’s most prominent sculptors, engineers and scientists.

He left a vast volume of notes and sketches, and many of these are quoted in the biography. That is the format that best expresses his talent and his unbounded imagination. His entire oeuvre of paintings is also reproduced in the book.