Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... the great teacher. 129 chapter ix. The AcatUmia Leonardi Vinci and the Master's Heritage to Italian Art. No record of Leonardo's life would be complete without an allusion to the school of art which he founded, and which was one of the chief glories of Lombardy at the beginning of the Renaissance. The vitality of this school was manifested by its splendid development in the midst of a half-century of terrible civil wars; and its high artistic and humanistic excellence is still illustrated by hundreds of noble pictures. It has been said that the reason why Leonardo left so few paintings was that he spent the best part of his life in organizing and regulating the work of his successors, ar d in ascertaining sure methods for their guidance. Of iate years more attention than formerly has been given to the achievements of these Lombard artists, and several masters have been placed high in the honor of the world. Names long since almost forgotten have been invested with perennial irter est, and tardy but hearty praise has at last been awarded to the faithful and affectionate disciples of the great Leonardo. Soon after his arrival at Milan, the master founded the Accidentia Leonardi Vinci, to which he devoted a large proportion of his time for many years. His numerous treatises were doubtless prepared as rough notes of his lectures before the Academy, and reveal a clear and practical turn of mind, and noble advice conveyed in the simplest terms. No master ever had more devoted followers, or disciples who adhered so long and so carefully to his tenets; and it would be difficult to find a school with so many famous names. Among these were Luini, Solario, Marco d'Oggione, Cesare da Sesto, Beltraffio, Lomazzo, and many others of renown. Lanzi says...
