Sublime

inexorable,

Leonardo’s most famous early drawing may have been inspired by or related to this visit by the Duke of Milan.35 It is of a craggy Roman warrior in profile wearing an ornate helmet (fig. 5), and it was derived from a drawing by Verrocchio, whose studio had designed a helmet as one of Florence’s gifts to the duke. Intricately drawn with a silverpoint

With his simple intuition that Taylor Caldwell should write historical novels, Perkins had founded one of the most enduring and profitable careers in the history of book publishing, one that continued three decades after his own death.

Un carnet de notes a ceci de fabuleux qu’il laisse place à l’expression de pensées provisoires et de réflexions à moitié terminées, au griffonnage de croquis frustes et de brouillons de traités.

For the rest of Leonardo’s life, Francesco Melzi would be by his side. He worked as Leonardo’s personal assistant and scribe, drafted his letters, kept his papers, and preserved them after his death. He wrote in a graceful italic, and his notations are to be found throughout Leonardo’s notebooks. He also was Leonardo’s art student. Though never a m