Le Roman de Léonard de Vinci

By Dimitri Merejkovski

Dans cette vocation romanesque de L onard de Vinci, Dimitri Merejkovski nous livre un portrait admirablement fid le de ce g nie en nous d voilant son intimit au coeur d'une Renaissance flamboyante, poque nulle autre pareille. Avec un soin du d tail exacerb , il nous d voile l'enfance du ma tre, ses aspirations, sa vie mouvement e mais surtout son processus cr atif, ce don de Dieu duquel sont n les chefs d'oeuvre encore admir s de nos jours.Nous avons f t en 2019, les 500 ans de la mort de ce visionnaire extraordinaire, aux talents multiples, qui a r volutionn l'ing nierie et l'art, une raison de plus, s'il en faut, pour d couvrir ce magnifique roman, un classique de l'histoire de l'art et de la litt rature russe.

English description: In this vivid historical novel about Leonardo da Vinci, Dmitry Merezhkovsky portrays the life of one of the greatest geniuses of the Renaissance. The Russian writer recreates with remarkable detail the vibrant atmosphere of an age in which art, science, and humanist thought transformed the cultural landscape of Europe.

Through a richly imagined narrative, the reader encounters Leonardo's childhood, ambitions, travels, and encounters, while also discovering the mystery of his creative process. The novel explores the inspiration that allowed him to conceive works that remain among the most admired masterpieces in the history of art.

Painter, engineer, inventor, and visionary thinker, Leonardo da Vinci embodies the ideal of the Renaissance universal man. His genius reshaped both art and science and continues to inspire admiration throughout the world.

First published in the early twentieth century, this remarkable novel remains one of the most compelling literary portraits of Leonardo da Vinci and one of the most celebrated works of Russian historical fiction devoted to the Italian Renaissance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2357285753
• ISBN13: 9782357285750
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Alicia Editions
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"