About the Author

A. Richard Turner is Professor of Fine Arts at New York University and the author of The Vision of Landscape in Renaissance Italy and co-author of The Art of Florence.

Reviews

"A splendid new book about Leonardo. . . . Mr. Turner has done a lucid job of showing how Leonardo's reputation--and by implication, that of other artists--has been subjected to the vicissitudes of cultural politics and evolving social and esthetic ideals. He has given us a riveting portrait of an artist and a fascinating blueprint of the machinery of fame."--Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times

"A splendid new book about Leonardo. . . . Mr. Turner has done a lucid job of showing how Leonardo's reputation--and by implication, that of other artists--has been subjected to the vicissitudes of cultural politics and evolving social and esthetic ideals. He has given us a riveting portrait of an artist and a fascinating blueprint of the machinery of fame."--Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times