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"Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, one of the most important works of the Renaissance if not all of Western art, was painted between 1494 and 1498 in the refectory of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan. From the moment that the prior at the monastery complained to Leonardo that the work was taking too long, the Last Supper has endured centuries of controversy, neglect, and difficulty.
Leonardo, The Last Supper, translated from the Italian, is the definitive document of the recently completed project to reverse these centuries of decline by restoring the painting and preserving it in a manner that generations of conservators have failed to do.".
"Pinin Brambilla Barcilon was chosen to head this twenty-year project, and Leonardo, The Last Supper is the official record of her remarkable effort. It first documents the cleaning and removal of the overpainting performed in the other attempts at restoration and then turns to Barcilon's meticulous additions in watercolor, which were based on Leonardo's preparatory drawings, early copies of the painting, and contemporary textual descriptions.
This book presents full-scale reproductions of details from the fresco that clearly display and distinguish Leonardo's hand from that of the restorer. With nearly 400 sumptuous color reproductions, the most comprehensive technical documentation of the project by Barcilon, and an introductory essay by art historian and project codirector Pietro C.
Marani that focuses on the history of the fresco, Leonardo, The Last Supper is the definitive chronicle of one of the most extensive restoration projects ever attempted."--BOOK JACKET.
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Mural painting and decoration, Expertising, Conservation and restoration, Last Supper in art, Conservation, restoration & care of artworks, Early Renaissance (c 1400-1500), Painting & paintings, European, History - Renaissance, Subjects & Themes - Religious, Art / Religious, Leonardo, History - General, Art, Art & Art Instruction, 1452-1519, Italy, Last Supper, Leonardo,, Milan, da Vinci,, Leonardo, da vinci, 1452-1519Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Leonardo: The Last Supper
April 2, 2001, University Of Chicago Press
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in English
0226504271 9780226504278
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