Legacy Of Leonardo - Painters In Lombardy 1490-1530

"<div>The ever increasing art historical attention being paid to the School of Leonardo lies at the root of this volume published almost sixty years after Suida s classic treatment of the subject. This is the first time since then that Lombard art of Leonardesque inspiration has been the object of a systematic analysis embracing a period of around half a century starting from 1490. On the 22nd of September of that year, in fact, Leonardo recorded the presence of Marco d Oggiono in his workshop at Milan: this, for us, is the first clue to the existence of a school associated with the Florentine master and the point of departure for the adventure of the ""Leonardesques.""<br><br>The essays opening the volume provide an overview dealing with the environment, the organisation and the working practices of Leonardo s atelier and the problems faced by historians, whilst each artist is discussed in a critical profile that, taking into account the most recent academic research, acts a brief up-to- date monograph.<br></div> <div>The ever increasing art historical attention being paid to the School of Leonardo lies at the root of this volume published almost sixty years after Suida s classic treatment of the subject. This is the first tim e since then that Lombard art of Leonardesque inspiration has been the object of a systematic analysis embracing a period of around half a century starting from 1490. On the 22nd of September of that year, in fact, Leonardo recorded the presence of Marco d Oggiono in his workshop at Milan: this, for us, is the first clue to the existence of a school associated with the Florentine master and the point of departure for the adventure of the ""Leonardesques.""<br><br>The essays opening the volume provide an overview dealing with the environment, the organisation and the working practices of Leonardo s atelier and the problems faced by historians, whilst each artist is discussed in a critical profile that, taking into account the most recent academic res"