ARTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Federico Da Montefeltro, Piero Della Francesca, Stonemasonry
14 Dec 2017
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Leonardo da vinci: designed weaponry and other machines, made maps, wrote a letter to the duke of. Milan advertising his services saying that he could for example, design weaponry for the duke, make a marvellous sculpture for the duke, and the last line saying basically . 1495-1498 mixed technique wall mural, reflectory of santa maria dell. Graie, milan: you would eat your food and look at the last supper as it was a direct parallel, as you were eating at the same time. (if you were a monk) Leonardo da vinci, last supper, 1495-1498: this painting is very poorly preserved, the plaster of the wall is made of water, then he put oil which does not work. In that century, people began to see the paint flake off. There was salt held nearby, then in world war ii, it was wrecked. We must imagine it in its rich, oil, pristine state.
