. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;. STUDY FOR THK AIJOKATION OF THE MAfil. (The Louvre.) Study for the * Saint Jerome* (\VIM»SOK ). Printed by Draeger, Paris. SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE OF FLORENCE 8i dint of superhuman labour he contrived to conceal all traces ofpreparation ; by prodigies of genius he gave to the whole the appear-ance of a work created by a single effort, and produced as it wereby magic. To a nature so essentially aristocratic as that of Leonardo, thehorizon of Florence may well have seemed somewhat limited. Theartist was probably ill atease in a society
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science;. STUDY FOR THK AIJOKATION OF THE MAfil. (The Louvre.) Study for the * Saint Jerome* (\VIM»SOK ). Printed by Draeger, Paris. SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE OF FLORENCE 8i dint of superhuman labour he contrived to conceal all traces ofpreparation ; by prodigies of genius he gave to the whole the appear-ance of a work created by a single effort, and produced as it wereby magic. To a nature so essentially aristocratic as that of Leonardo, thehorizon of Florence may well have seemed somewhat limited. Theartist was probably ill atease in a society whichwas radically middle-class ;for popular prejudiceagainst the nobility, andall that recalled the by-gone tyranny, had lostnothing of its intensity ;the Medici of the fif-teenth century, Cosimo,Piero, and Lorenzo theMagnificent, had con-stantly to reckon withit, in spite of their om-nipotence. And, munifi-cent as these wealthybankers and merchantswere, they could not dis-pense honours, places, andtreasure like the sove-reign princes. In a com-munity in which an irritable spirit of equality still reigned, the artisthad perforce to live modestly and plai
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