ROSS KING - Leonardo and the Last Supper

London England, Bloomsbury, 2012. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 9780747599470 Hardback Hardcover. First Edition. Leonardo and the Last Supper. Very slight wear to top edge of D/J. For more than five centuries The Last Supper has been anartistic, religious and cultural ico. The art historian Sir Kenneth Clark called it 'the keystone of European art', and for a century after its creation it was regarded as nothing less than a miraculous image. Even today, according to Clark, we regard the painting as 'more a work of nature than a work of man'. And yet there is a very human story behind this artistic 'miracle', which was created against the backdrop of momentous events both in Milan and in the life of Leonardo himself. This book is both a record of Leonardo da Vinci's last five years in Milan and a 'biography' of one of the most famous works of art ever painted. Illustrated. 337 pp.