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Leonardo and the Last Supper

Leonardo and the Last Supper

Ross King · 2012 · 352 pages

Leonardo, da vinci, 1452-1519Art criticism

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Author Ross King tells the complete story of this creation of this mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed, the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used, and the numerous personalities involved - everyone from Leonardo's young assistant to Ludovico Sforza the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work.

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