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This new biographical look at Leonardo da Vinci explores the Renaissance master''s groundbreaking portrayal of women which forever changed the way the female form is depicted.

Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker, artist, and inventor who has been written about and celebrated for centuries. Lesser known, however, is his revolutionary and empowering portrayal of the modern female centuries before the first women''s liberation movements.

Before da Vinci, portraits of women in Italy were still, impersonal, and mostly shown in profile. Leonardo pushed the boundaries of female depiction having several of his female subjects, including his Mona Lisa, gaze at the viewer, giving them an authority which was withheld from women at the time.

Art historian and journalist Kia Vahland recounts Leonardo''s entire life from April 15, 1452, as a child born out of wedlock in Vinci up thro

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      Publisher: Running Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: 26/03/2020
      ISBN13: 9780762496433, 978-0762496433
      ISBN10: 0762496436
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This new biographical look at Leonardo da Vinci explores the Renaissance master''s groundbreaking portrayal of women which forever changed the way the female form is depicted.

      Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker, artist, and inventor who has been written about and celebrated for centuries. Lesser known, however, is his revolutionary and empowering portrayal of the modern female centuries before the first women''s liberation movements.

      Before da Vinci, portraits of women in Italy were still, impersonal, and mostly shown in profile. Leonardo pushed the boundaries of female depiction having several of his female subjects, including his Mona Lisa, gaze at the viewer, giving them an authority which was withheld from women at the time.

      Art historian and journalist Kia Vahland recounts Leonardo''s entire life from April 15, 1452, as a child born out of wedlock in Vinci up thro

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