The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior
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In this masterful study, Paul Strathern (author of The Medici, and Napoleon in Egypt) details the incidental convergence of three of Renaissance Italy's most brilliant minds.The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior follows Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia. This was a period of significance and considerable danger, not just for themselves, but for the country they were helping to shape. orgia has become a byword for brutal and inhuman deeds, marred with the suspicion of incest. Depicted as a savage whose eyes were fixed on the prize of his own kingdom ruled supreme. But he was an educated savage and an unrivalled tactician, relying on surprise and patience. eonardo, possessed of the most inquisitive mind of his generation, is the exemplar of the Renaissance man. His paintings and drawings are among the finest and most famous in the world and his notebooks portray intricate scientific and technological investigations. But what led this master thinker to work for the tyrannical Borgia and how did he become involved with Machiavelli? achiavelli was the infamous author of The Prince a work that was the culmination of all he had learnt throughout his lo
Author: Paul Strathern
Format: Hardback, 480 pages, 161mm x 234mm, 846 g
Published: 2009, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: Regional History
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In this masterful study, Paul Strathern (author of The Medici, and Napoleon in Egypt) details the incidental convergence of three of Renaissance Italy's most brilliant minds.The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior follows Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia. This was a period of significance and considerable danger, not just for themselves, but for the country they were helping to shape. orgia has become a byword for brutal and inhuman deeds, marred with the suspicion of incest. Depicted as a savage whose eyes were fixed on the prize of his own kingdom ruled supreme. But he was an educated savage and an unrivalled tactician, relying on surprise and patience. eonardo, possessed of the most inquisitive mind of his generation, is the exemplar of the Renaissance man. His paintings and drawings are among the finest and most famous in the world and his notebooks portray intricate scientific and technological investigations. But what led this master thinker to work for the tyrannical Borgia and how did he become involved with Machiavelli? achiavelli was the infamous author of The Prince a work that was the culmination of all he had learnt throughout his lo
The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior