Clara Booth Byrd
Published: 2017-11-05
Total Pages: 60
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Excerpt from The Alumnae News, Vol. 19: November, 1930 Many of his pictures have been lost because he experimented in animal and vegetable coloring, which was temporary and did not last. Many Of them were lost because they were painted on plas ter surfaces, the plaster being later chipped away. Even The Last Sup per was injured. Many Of the pictures were desecrated by enemies in various wars. He started three or four pictures which he did not finish, and those who engaged him to paint the pictures got Filipino Lippi to finish them. Another very wonderful picture, Leda, was set up at Fontainbleau in France, but it disappeared several hundred years ago. Leonardo da Vinci drew a great deal. And was the first great monochrome artist. He drew a picture of Isabella Gon zaga, which was on exhibit in Milan for two days. The whole place was crowded with men, women and children. To see this masterpiece. Today this mono chrome is considered the best example Of monochrome drawing in the world. Leonardo da Vinci executed many pen and ink drawings; also many maps which are extant today; and every drawing is perfect. His anatomical drawings can be used in medical colleges today as text book drawings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.