. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. CHAPTER LODOVICO IL MORO AND BEATRICE D ESTE THE COURT OF THE SFORZI PRINCES, HUMANISTS, AND SCHOLARS—THE MILANESE SCHOOL—LEONARDOSPRECURSORS AND RIVALS. Qui, come Tape al mel, vienne ogni dotto,Di virtuosi ha la sua corta piena ;Da Fiorenza un Appelle ha qui condotto.—Bellincioni, L EONARDOS sojourn in Milan coincides with Italys last days of brightness, and with the dawn of a martyrdom which was to last three centuries and a half. The year 1490 is the fateful date which marks both the culminating points 01 a long series of su
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. CHAPTER LODOVICO IL MORO AND BEATRICE D ESTE THE COURT OF THE SFORZI PRINCES, HUMANISTS, AND SCHOLARS—THE MILANESE SCHOOL—LEONARDOSPRECURSORS AND RIVALS. Qui, come Tape al mel, vienne ogni dotto,Di virtuosi ha la sua corta piena ;Da Fiorenza un Appelle ha qui condotto.—Bellincioni, L EONARDOS sojourn in Milan coincides with Italys last days of brightness, and with the dawn of a martyrdom which was to last three centuries and a half. The year 1490 is the fateful date which marks both the culminating points 01 a long series of successes, and what we should now call the beginning of the end. One alarming symptom, and one often observed at the outset of certain grave maladies, was the sense of security, of well-being, of almost sensuous pleasure, experienced by Italy at this psychological moment. The year 1490, wherein our fair city (Florence), glorious in her riches, her Braun, Climent & Co. STUDY OF A HORSE,(Windsor Library.) 90 LEONARDO DA VINCI victories, her arts, and her monuments, enjoyed prosperity, health, andpeace. . So runs the inscription on Domenico Ghirlandajosfrescoes in Santa Maria Novella. Guicciardini, too, at the beginningof his Istoria dlialia, fixes the apogee of his countrys prosperity inthe year 1490: A sovereign peace and tranquillity
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