The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior
Leonardo da Vinci,Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia. As each fascinating life unfolds so does the Italian Renaissance – in all its artistic beauty, political complexity and martial brutalism.
In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period – Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli – set out on one of the most treacherous military campaigns of the period. Cesare Borgia was a ferocious military leader whose name was synonymous with brutality and whose reputation was marred with the suspicion of incest. Niccolo Machiavelli was a witty and subversive intellectual, more suited to the silken diplomacy of royal courts than the sodden encampments of a military campaign. And Leonardo da Vinci was a visionary master and the most talented military engineer in Italy. What led him to work for the monstrous Borgia? And what attracted him to the cunning Machiavelli?
In The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior, acclaimed historian Paul Strathern ingeniously focuses on this improbable collusion of three iconic figures of the Italian Renaissance to unite three mighty strands of the period - war, politics and art. As each man’s life unfolds, so does the Italian Renaissance.
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Renaissance.Product Code | 1025757 |
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ISBN | 9781845951214 |
author | Paul Strathern |
format | Paperback |
GTIN | 9781845951214 |
pages | 480 |
published | Feb 2010 |
publisher | Vintage Books |
Dimensions | 13 X 19.6 X 3.8 cm |
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