Listen to Leonardo da Vinci and The Book of Doom: Bianca Sforza, The Sforziada and Artful Propaganda in Renaissance Milan by Simon Hewitt
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Leonardo da Vinci and The Book of Doom is a deep investigation into the politics and cynicism of Renaissance Milan. Written by critic and curator Simon Hewitt, it is an academic murder mystery, sketched out with erudition and journalistic panache. Debunking the notorious forger Shaun Greenhalgh’s claim that he painted La Bella Principessa—the mesmerizing portrait of Duke of Milan’s teenage daughter, Bianca Sforza, that stormed the art world in 2009—Hewitt agrees with others that the painting should be attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. After all, argues Hewitt, da Vinci was on intimate terms with both Sforza and her husband, Galeazzo Sanseverino, the captain of the duke’s army. Further, Hewitt points out that Sforza is the subject of another of Leonardo’s works: the enigmatic portrait The Musician. Hewitt brings the tragic Sforza to life, suggests why and by whom she was likely murdered, and explains why Leonardo’s portrait of her was included in one of the most lavish books ever produced—the Sforzida—considered by many to be "a book of doom" and whose co-illustrator, Giovan Pietro Birago, was paid even more than da Vinci. And in a final twist of discovery, Hewitt reveals how Birago’s artistic colleagues had no hesitation in lampooning the venerable da Vinci as a mere buffoon. Accompanied by two hundred color illustrations, Hewitt’s book is a groundbreaking look at art and artful deceit.
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