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May 23, 2024 · Italian Wars. Ludovico Sforza (born July 27, 1452, Vigevano, Pavia, duchy of Milan [Italy]—died May 27, 1508, Loches, Toubrenne, France) was an Italian Renaissance regent (1480–94) and duke of Milan (1494–98), a ruthless prince and diplomatist and a patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists.
2 days ago · And this role was both complicated and elevated by the ambitions and machinations of Ludovico Sforza (also called Ludovico il Moro), her husband’s uncle and usurper of the Milanese dukedom.
May 19, 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance genius, revolutionized art and science with his masterpieces like the Mona Lisa while pioneering advancements in anatomy, engineering, and invention.
- Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich
- Leonardo da Vinci was an artist and engineer who is best known for his paintings, notably the Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) and the Last Supper (1495–98)....
- Leonardo da Vinci’s total output in painting is really rather small; there are less than 20 surviving paintings that can be definitely attributed t...
- Leonardo da Vinci was described as having a gracious but reserved personality and an elegant bearing. He was known to be fastidious in personal car...
- Leonardo da Vinci’s parents were unmarried at the time of his birth near a small village named Vinci in Tuscany. His father, Ser Piero, was a Flore...
- When Leonardo was about 15, his father, who enjoyed a high reputation in the Florentine community, apprenticed him to artist Andrea del Verrocchio....
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3 days ago · Her 1490 marriage to Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, positioned Isabella at the heart of Italian politics. And this role was both complicated and elevated by the ambitions and machinations of Ludovico Sforza (also called Ludovico il Moro), her husband’s uncle and usurper of the Milanese dukedom.
May 23, 2024 · The artist made his first flying machine drawings in the 1480s, while serving as painter and engineer to Milanese duke Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo returned to Florence in 1500, the year after Sforza ...
3 days ago · Dynastic Ceremonies in the Last Decade of the Sforza Era. With regard to events related to the Sforza dukes, historians have mostly concentrated on private spectacles hosted within the court, such as banquets, sometimes accompanied by poetry and musical performances, or jousts (Ventrone 2013: 277): an example is the celebrated and heavily studied Festa del Paradiso performed under the ...
6 days ago · At the age of 30, in 1482, da Vinci moved to Milan and offered his services to Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. Once there, he introduced himself as an engineer, architect and painter. Once there, he introduced himself as an engineer, architect and painter.
