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Leonardo da Vinci's Sense of Humour as Reflected in his Drawings

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ID21469573
AuthorsMichael W Kwakkelstein (J. Paul Getty Museum, corresponding author)
Year2024
Issue238
Pages147-162
Publication date2024-07-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGroniek (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0169-2801
PublisherUniversity of Groningen Press (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.21827/groniek.238.42651
OpenAlexW4410233793
LanguageEN

This article seeks to shed light on an aspect of Leonardo's personality by relating his predilection for drawing heads and busts of old men and women with deformed faces to his negative attitude toward humankind as reflected in his writings

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Engineering · Historical Philosophy and Science · History of Science and Medicine

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