Leonardo da Vinci in the London National Gallery
National Gallery, London in the next year organizes a large-scale exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci.
National Gallery, London in the next year organizes a large-scale exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci. Most of the works will be shown in Britain for the first time.
The exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci: court painter of Milan" will be shown the most complete collection of rare works of the master.
Gallery, located in Trafalgar Square, to draw down the exhibition" Beautiful Ferroneru "from the Louvre," Madonna and Child "from the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum, as well as the" Holy Jerome "from the Pinakothek Vatican in Rome.
The exhibition will reflect the creative period of Leonardo from the end of 1480-s to 1490 s, when the da Vinci served painter and engineer of the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza (Duke Lodovico Sforza). During this period, the artist received complete freedom in their creative searching for the perfect forms of the human body, plants and animals.
representative of the National Gallery said: "While many exhibitions dedicated to da Vinci, the inventor, Da Vinci, Da Vinci scholar and engineer, this exhibition will be the first devoted exclusively to da Vinci, painter ».
As an artist, da Vinci strove for realism portrayed, while continuing the search for ideals of beauty, especially when writing portraits. And it works on the religious theme should have been to instill a sense of awe before the mystery.
Royal Academy exhibition to provide a copy of "The Last Supper" in full size. It will be shown together with the surviving preparatory sketches, so that visitors can learn about the history of great work.
At this exhibition the National Gallery inspired by the end of the restoration of Leonardo "Madonna in the rock, which was again brought to the public last week. Within 18 months the restorers carefully scraped paint coating applied to the painting in 1940 to revive the original color and chiaroscuro. Now, experts are convinced that the "Madonna in the rock" was written by Leonardo alone, not together with his assistants, as previously assumed.
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