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by Dimitri Merejkovski (Author), Jacques Sorrèze (Translator)
Dans cette évocation romanesque de Léonard de Vinci, Dimitri Merejkovski nous livre un portrait admirablement fidèle de ce génie en nous dévoilant son intimité au coeur d'une Renaissance flamboyante, époque à nulle autre pareille. Avec un soin du détail exacerbé, il nous dévoile l'enfance du maître, ses aspirations, sa vie mouvementée mais surtout son processus créatif, ce don de Dieu duquel sont né les chefs d'oeuvre encore admirés de nos jours.
Nous avons fêté en 2019, les 500 ans de la mort de ce visionnaire extraordinaire, aux talents multiples, qui a révolutionné l'ingénierie et l'art, une raison de plus, s'il en faut, pour découvrir ce magnifique roman, un classique de l'histoire de l'art et de la littérature russe.English description: In this vivid historical novel about Leonardo da Vinci, Dmitry Merezhkovsky portrays the life of one of the greatest geniuses of the Renaissance. The Russian writer recreates with remarkable detail the vibrant atmosphere of an age in which art, science, and humanist thought transformed the cultural landscape of Europe.
Through a richly imagined narrative, the reader encounters Leonardo's childhood, ambitions, travels, and encounters, while also discovering the mystery of his creative process. The novel explores the inspiration that allowed him to conceive works that remain among the most admired masterpieces in the history of art.
Painter, engineer, inventor, and visionary thinker, Leonardo da Vinci embodies the ideal of the Renaissance universal man. His genius reshaped both art and science and continues to inspire admiration throughout the world.
First published in the early twentieth century, this remarkable novel remains one of the most compelling literary portraits of Leonardo da Vinci and one of the most celebrated works of Russian historical fiction devoted to the Italian Renaissance.
