Renaissance Man

摘要

A cultural icon of the Italian Renaissance, Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), the marchesa of Mantua, was a major patron of the arts in 16th-century Italy. Here Ames-Lewis (art history, emeritus, Birbeck, Univ. of London; The Intellectual Life of the Early Renaissance Artist) details her pursuit of a work by Leonardo da Vinci to decorate her famous studiolo, a room full of art by Renaissance masters.