The Shadow Drawing – Audiobook Online

“The Shadow Drawing” by Francesca Fiorani is a historical novel that explores the life and work of Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The story takes place in the 18th century and is set in Rome during the height of the Age of Enlightenment. The protagonist, Piranesi, is a gifted artist who is known for his intricate and atmospheric etchings of Rome’s ancient ruins and monuments. Despite his talent and success, Piranesi is haunted by his past and struggles with personal demons, including a sense of isolation and a yearning for connection with others. When Piranesi meets an English architect named Robert Adam, their collaboration on a major project becomes a turning point in Piranesi’s life. Through their work together, Piranesi learns to confront his inner demons and reconcile his artistic vision with his personal life. “The Shadow Drawing” is a detailed and immersive novel that delves into the world of art, architecture, and history. It paints a vivid picture of the cultural and intellectual milieu of 18th- century Rome, and explores the tensions between artistic ambition and personal relationships. The novel is also a meditation on the power of friendship and collaboration, and the ways in which creative endeavors can inspire and transform us.

The Shadow Drawing – Audiobook Online By: Francesca Fiorani

Leonardo da Vinci has long been celebrated for his ultimate genius. He is the artist who painted us the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, and the inventor who predicted the birth of airplanes, hot air balloons, and other technological marvels.

But what is the connection between the artist Leonardo and the scientist Leonardo? Historians of Renaissance art have long assumed that Leonardo became increasingly interested in science as he grew older and directed his insatiable curiosity in new directions. They argue that there are in fact two Leonardos – an artist and an inventor.

In this groundbreaking new interpretation, art historian Francesca Fiorani offers a different perspective. Looking back at Leonardo’s famous but challenging notebooks, as well as other sources, Fiorani argues that Leonardo became familiar with cutting-edge thinking about human vision while he was still an apprentice. in a studio in Florence – and used his understanding of optical science to develop and perfect his painting technique.

The Shadow Drawing vividly recreates Leonardo’s life while teaching us how to look back at his greatest paintings. The result is both a stirring biography and a daring rethinking of how the Renaissance understood science and art – and of what was lost when that understanding was forgotten.

I have read several books about Leonardo, all of which claim that Leonardo is an artist and a scientist. This book argues that Leonardo’s scientific endeavors were not separate, but the elements that made up his art. To achieve what he believed art should be, he studied optics, anatomy, and other sciences to create art that not only expresses but gives life and meaning to the world. his paintings. The book is technical, but easy to understand. The author makes a very convincing case that Leonardo was misunderstood in addition to tracing the original source of the misunderstanding. It makes for a really enjoyable read. I just wish this came out before Verrocchio showed up at the National Gallery. It will make an interesting exhibition even more interesting.

The Shadow Drawing is an academically rigorous look at Leonardo da Vinci’s development as a generalist and in particular how his understanding of mathematical and physical principles has provided informative and helped develop his visual arts (in contrast to most traditional historical interpretations that led daVinci to move from the visual arts to the other visual arts). engineering, design and invention in the last years of his life). Published by Macmillan on November 17, 2020 at their publishing house Farrar Strauss & Giroux, the book is 384 pages long and is available in hardcover, audio, and e – book formats. It is worth noting that the e-book format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. Lately, I’ve been really into interactive ebooks. Despite being a scholar, Dr. Francesca Fiorani writes on the subject in an accessible and authoritative manner and I often find myself so caught up in and absorbed in the story that I forget the time I’ve spent on it. read. Although it is only a partial commentary, it is exhaustively annotated and protected with period and contemporary references. The language is precise, but certainly accessible to the casual reader. The book is full of fax drawings and artwork reproduced in grayscale and in high definition electronic format. Chapter notes and endnotes are thorough and provide rich resources for further learning. I would recommend this book to students of art and history, science, the Italian renaissance, mathematics in the arts, and lovers of well-written non-fiction. This would also make a superior option for library acquisition as well as a good supplement for classroom learning in related subjects.

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