The book studies the connection in Leonardo between physiognomy, anatomy and art as part of a general research into the form and representation of the human body. Leonardo's research is examined chronologically: from his beginnings in Florence to the key periods of the Last Supper and the Battle of Anghiari. The analysis contextualises the connection under investigation against the background of Renaissance artistic theory and considers the possible classical and medieval authors of physiognomy and anatomy used by Leonardo. The not easy establishment of a physiognomic iconography, which, unlike anatomical iconography, was previously completely absent, is investigated.
Il libro studia la connessione in Leonardo tra fisiognomica, anatomia e arte come parte di una generale ricerca sulla forma e sulla rappresentazione del corpo umano. La ricerca di Leonardo viene inquadrata cronologicamente: dagli inizi a Firenze ai periodi chiave del Cenacolo e della Battaglia d'Anghiari. L'analisi contestualizza la connessione oggetto di indagine sullo sfondo della teoria artistica rinascimentale e considera i possibili autori classici e medievali di fisiognomica e anatomia utilizzati da Leonardo. Viene indagato il non facile costituirsi di una iconografia fisiognomica che, a differenza della iconografia anatomica, era prima del tutto assente.
De figura umana. Fisiognomica, anatomia e arte in Leonardo.
Domenico Laurenza
2001-01-01
Abstract
The book studies the connection in Leonardo between physiognomy, anatomy and art as part of a general research into the form and representation of the human body. Leonardo's research is examined chronologically: from his beginnings in Florence to the key periods of the Last Supper and the Battle of Anghiari. The analysis contextualises the connection under investigation against the background of Renaissance artistic theory and considers the possible classical and medieval authors of physiognomy and anatomy used by Leonardo. The not easy establishment of a physiognomic iconography, which, unlike anatomical iconography, was previously completely absent, is investigated.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


