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It was decided that Leonardo DiCaprio (who is named after the polymath) would play Leonardo da Vinci. [12] This did not work out, so Universal bought the rights to it in 2023. (Universal had adapted Isaacson's 2011 biography of Steve Jobs into a film in 2015.) [13] Andrew Haigh was chosen to direct the Leonardo film. [14] [15]
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci, by Ingres, 1818 [u] The 19th century brought a particular admiration for Leonardo's genius, causing Henry Fuseli to write in 1801: "Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of ...
In 1504 Leonardo da Vinci was given the commission by gonfaloniere Piero Soderini, a contract signed by Niccolò Machiavelli, to decorate the Palazzo Vecchio's Salone dei Cinquecento (Hall of the Five Hundred). At the same time his rival Michelangelo, who had just finished his David, was designated the opposite wall. This was the only time that ...
The Lost Leonardo is an internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Andreas Koefoed [], released in 2021.It follows the discovery and successive sales of the painting the Salvator Mundi, allegedly a work by Leonardo da Vinci, an artist for whom there are only a few attributed works in existence.
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Through a thorough research, the author dismisses most of the romanticized facts about da Vinci and concludes that a lot is unknown about the genius inventor. [3] Leonardo is described as an engineer obsessed with natural designs. [ 4 ]
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