{"product_id":"this-is-not-leonardo-da-vinci-9780645067514","title":"This is not Leonardo da Vinci","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite so much being written about Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance, many questions about the Tuscan artist's life and works remain shrouded in mystery: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy isn't the painting exhibited at the Louvre Museum the Mona Lisa?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do we find so many pagan symbols in Leonardo's Christian representations?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWas Leonardo really the son of a notary and a slave?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy is there such a lack of work from Leonardo's early life-perhaps his most important period?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do we have paintings of the Americas well before the first trips of Christopher Columbus?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiccardo Magnani, economist-turned-Leonardo expert, reconstructs the political and economic world around da Vinci, illustrating how he was influenced by the biggest \"discovery\" of all, the Americas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is not Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e provides the key to understanding Leonardo's visual language, within the context of the Renaissance and its artists-essential to fully comprehend his work and the many clues he left behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagnani reveals little-known facts about Leonardo's education, long suppressed by the Catholic Church-from his use of iconography of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Byzantines, to his influence by the Neoplatonic movement led by George Gemistus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks to the new insights presented by \u003cem\u003eThis is not Leonardo, \u003c\/em\u003e the dogmatic prism that our Western society has employed for so long to understand Leonardo da Vinci can now finally be challenged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Mind Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645067514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.81d","brand":"Riccardo Magnani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39462970589365,"sku":"9780645067514","price":23.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e83c5225-5145-4905-a642-a1f34227b9a9.jpg?v=1615922159","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/this-is-not-leonardo-da-vinci-9780645067514","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}