Mona Lisa : the people and the painting /
Kemp, Martin,
Mona Lisa : the people and the painting / by Martin Kemp & Giuseppe Pallanti. - First edition. - xiii, 272 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Old Gentry and New Money -- Francesco and Lisa: Family and Finance -- Francesco and Lisa: Patronage and Legacy -- Coming Together: Ser Piero, the Merchant, and the Friars -- Child from Vinci -- Renaissance Records -- Rise to Fame -- Portrait to Poetry: The Dolce stil nuovo -- Painter and Poets -- Universal Picture -- Close Observation: Science Intervenes -- Compact Conclusion. A The The A
"The true story of the Mona Lisa - the people behind it, how Leonardo painted it and what it meant to him, and its fortunes in the centuries since. Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again."--Cover page [4].
9780198749905 0198749902
2016961206
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Mona Lisa.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 --Family.
Del Giocondo, Lisa, 1479-
Del Giocondo, Francesco, 1465-1538.
Italy--Social life and customs--To 1500.
ND623.L5 / A7 2017
759.5
Mona Lisa : the people and the painting / by Martin Kemp & Giuseppe Pallanti. - First edition. - xiii, 272 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Old Gentry and New Money -- Francesco and Lisa: Family and Finance -- Francesco and Lisa: Patronage and Legacy -- Coming Together: Ser Piero, the Merchant, and the Friars -- Child from Vinci -- Renaissance Records -- Rise to Fame -- Portrait to Poetry: The Dolce stil nuovo -- Painter and Poets -- Universal Picture -- Close Observation: Science Intervenes -- Compact Conclusion. A The The A
"The true story of the Mona Lisa - the people behind it, how Leonardo painted it and what it meant to him, and its fortunes in the centuries since. Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again."--Cover page [4].
9780198749905 0198749902
2016961206
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Mona Lisa.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 --Family.
Del Giocondo, Lisa, 1479-
Del Giocondo, Francesco, 1465-1538.
Italy--Social life and customs--To 1500.
ND623.L5 / A7 2017
759.5