A history of painting . st everyintellectual and artistic and scientific activity. The vastrange of his interests and his work is well-nigh his thirtieth year, with full knowledge of his greatpowers, and no mean estimate of them, his abilities to carryout his wide-ranging talents were unbounded. The fieldof his industry and endeavour was limitless. To everyactivity of the human understanding, so far as learning hadthen developed these activities, he turned his keen eyes,increasing the aim, and thrusting forward the outposts andenlarging the conquest and domain of XVIII L
A history of painting . st everyintellectual and artistic and scientific activity. The vastrange of his interests and his work is well-nigh his thirtieth year, with full knowledge of his greatpowers, and no mean estimate of them, his abilities to carryout his wide-ranging talents were unbounded. The fieldof his industry and endeavour was limitless. To everyactivity of the human understanding, so far as learning hadthen developed these activities, he turned his keen eyes,increasing the aim, and thrusting forward the outposts andenlarging the conquest and domain of XVIII LEONARDO DA VINCI1452 - 1519 THE LAST SUPPER Refectory of St. Maria delle Grazie, Milan. This, the world-reputedmasterpiece upon which Leonardo da Vincis fame chiefly rests, was paintedin oils upon a stucco ground, which caused its rapid decay. The monkspierced the lower part with a doorway ; and Napoleons cavalry, stabled inthe Refectory, came wellnigh to ending it. About 13 ft. 8 in. h. x 26 ft. 7 in. w. (4-16 x 8-09).. XIX LEONARDO DA VINCI1452 - 15*9 THE HEAD OF CHRIST In the Brera Gallery (Milan) This, the wonderful study made by Leonardo for his great masterpieceof The Last Suffer, reveals him as pure poet. 1 ft. oi in. x 1 ft. 4 in. (0-32 x 0-40). ^W< ?
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