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| Copy of the central part of the Battle of Anghiari performed by Paul Rubens |
between the two great Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti, there was bad blood! The ideal situation to compare their capacity was offered by the standard-bearer of the Florentine Republic (Soderini Pier) in 1503. He gave to both the realization of a battle for the walls of a room in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Leonardo had to deal with the Battle of Anghiari, while that of Michelangelo's House.
However fate would have it, neither was completed .
Leonardo, who want to experiment with the technique of encaustic, failed to obtain the desired result. While Michelangelo, after realizing that the cartoon was used for the fresco, was asked to Rome by Pope Julius II. Then
was called to decorate the room Giorgio Vasari. At this point the story gets lots of cases, almost invading the domain of legend.
It is not known, in fact, if the artist has destroyed the remains of Leonardo's work, or has only hidden. Recent studies have revealed the existence of an empty space on the wall.
It 'possible that Vasari, among other things a great admirer of Leonardo, he has built a second to preserve the work of his predecessor? The particular
more curious is that a green flag appears in an inscription apparently unusual for the context in which it appears: "Search, find".
Leonardo, who want to experiment with the technique of encaustic, failed to obtain the desired result. While Michelangelo, after realizing that the cartoon was used for the fresco, was asked to Rome by Pope Julius II. Then
was called to decorate the room Giorgio Vasari. At this point the story gets lots of cases, almost invading the domain of legend.
It is not known, in fact, if the artist has destroyed the remains of Leonardo's work, or has only hidden. Recent studies have revealed the existence of an empty space on the wall.
It 'possible that Vasari, among other things a great admirer of Leonardo, he has built a second to preserve the work of his predecessor? The particular
more curious is that a green flag appears in an inscription apparently unusual for the context in which it appears: "Search, find".
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