King, Ross

Leonardo and the Last supper / Ross King - Canada : Bond Street Books , 2012 - 336 p. : illus. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographies and index

Tells the complete story of the creation of The Last Supper 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 the Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work.


English

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Leonardo, da Vinci (1452-1519) ---Last supper

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