Project Gutenberg 2015-01-10 Public domain in the USA. 191 Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865 1941 Мережковский, Дмитрий Сергеевич Mérejkowsky, Dmitry de Mérejkowski, Dmitri Merejkowsky, Dmitry de Merejkowski, Dmitri Mereschkowski, Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Trench, Herbert 1865 1923 Voskresshie bogi. English The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner E-text prepared by Katie Hernandez, Shaun Pinder, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner" by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. This narrative explores the life and times of the great Renaissance polymath, Leonardo da Vinci, along with the themes of art, science, and the philosophical dilemmas of his era. The novel centers around Leonardo's character, delving into both his artistic genius and the societal challenges he faced, providing a lush backdrop of the Italian Renaissance. At the start of the work, the reader is plunged into the vibrant and tumultuous world of Florence in 1494. Through the eyes of characters like Messer Cipriano Buonaccorsi and Giovanni Boltraffio, we encounter a society grappling with the relics of paganism and the rise of Christian orthodoxy. The opening scenes depict a significant day when the discovery of ancient statues leads to a clash between emerging humanistic values and the rigidly enforced morals of the Church. Giovanni, a young painter and apprentice to Leonardo, is introduced, and his internal struggles and aspirations foreshadow his quest for artistic truth amidst the chaos of dogma and tradition. As the narrative unfolds, it sets the stage for a deeper exploration of Leonardo's character and the conflicting ideologies of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Biographical fiction Italy -- Fiction Artists -- Fiction Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Fiction PG Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1097926 1097604 2024-09-20T06:01:40.553759 2023-09-20T15:55:56.803162 text/html text/html 1112240 2015-01-09T23:03:12 text/html 520396 2015-01-09T23:06:27 text/html application/zip 556763 2024-09-20T06:01:56.843679 application/epub+zip 571619 2024-09-20T06:01:43.031720 application/epub+zip 489192 2024-09-20T06:01:41.783754 application/epub+zip 982224 2024-09-20T06:02:06.935745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909271 2024-09-20T06:01:55.290721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827142 2022-09-21T17:55:46.925606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1016362 1016171 2024-09-20T06:01:37.339755 2023-09-20T15:55:54.003171 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1015990 2015-01-09T22:54:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 410232 2015-01-09T22:54:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1016154 2015-01-09T22:54:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 410018 2015-01-09T22:54:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22253 2024-09-20T06:02:07.102641 application/rdf+xml 12648 2024-09-20T06:01:41.963713 image/jpeg 2605 2024-09-20T06:01:41.876713 image/jpeg 518758 2024-09-20T06:01:40.654734 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia