Introduzione -- La primavera del Rinascimento -- Leonardo a Firenze: la bottega del Verrocchio -- Raffaello: dall'esordio ad Urbino ai primi capolavori -- Leonardo a Milano: la Corte degli Sforza -- Le meraviglie del Codice Atlantico -- Il Cenacolo, uno dei piu bei dipinti del mondo -- Il trionfo di Raffello: la Stanza della Segnatura e i primi capolavori romani -- Raffaello verso la Stanza di Eliodoro -- Michelangelo pittore -- Raffaello: dai Cartoni per la Sistina alla Stanza dell'Incendio di Borgo -- Raffaello: Sovrintendente alle Belle Arti -- Le Logge Vaticane -- Il mistero del primo Caravaggio -- Indice dell opere e dei luoghi di conservazione = Introduction -- The spring of the Renaissance -- Leonardo in Florence: the workshop of Verrocchio -- Raphael: from the onset in Urbino to the early masterpieces -- Leonardo in Milan: the Sforza's Court -- The wonders of the Codex Atlanticus -- The Cenacle, one of the most beautiful paintings of the world -- The triumph of Raphael: the Room of the Segnatura and the first Roman masterpieces -- Raphael towards the Room of Heliodorus -- Michelangelo painter -- Raphael: from the Cartoons for the Sistine Chapel to the Room of the Fire in the Borgo -- Raphael: Superintendent of Fine Arts -- The Vatican Lodges -- The mystery of the first Caravaggio -- Index of the works and places of conservation.
Summary:
An exciting journey in Italy to discover the masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and many other protagonists who, together with them, have made those years unsurpassable. The Italian Renaissance art preserved in Italy, in its churches and its museums, even in those places sometimes less celebrated and known but of equal dignity and importance for the task and the seriousness with which they carry out their business, and for the richness of the magnificent heritage they are called to preserve. --From jacket.
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