Leonardo da Vinci: Origins of a Genius
This beautiful book presents the most complete account ever written of Leonardo's mysterious beginnings as an artist. David Alan Brown begins by examining Leonardo's first years in the Florentine workshop of the leading sculptor of the day, Andrea del Verrocchio, and then examines the paintings Leonardo completed in the early 1470s. Brown's book is a revealing and imaginative glimpse into the origins of Leonardo's sublime genius.