Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2015-01-10 Public domain in the USA. 1005 Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865 1941 Мережковский, Дмитрий Сергеевич Mérejkowsky, Dmitry de Mérejkowski, Dmitri Merejkowsky, Dmitry de Merejkowski, Dmitri Mereschkowski, Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Dmitri Trench, Herbert 1865 1923 Voskresshie bogi. English The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romance_of_Leonardo_da_Vinci E-text prepared by Katie Hernandez, Shaun Pinder, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner" by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. This narrative explores the life and times of the great Renaissance polymath, Leonardo da Vinci, along with the themes of art, science, and the philosophical dilemmas of his era. The novel centers around Leonardo's character, delving into both his artistic genius and the societal challenges he faced, providing a lush backdrop of the Italian Renaissance. At the start of the work, the reader is plunged into the vibrant and tumultuous world of Florence in 1494. Through the eyes of characters like Messer Cipriano Buonaccorsi and Giovanni Boltraffio, we encounter a society grappling with the relics of paganism and the rise of Christian orthodoxy. The opening scenes depict a significant day when the discovery of ancient statues leads to a clash between emerging humanistic values and the rigidly enforced morals of the Church. Giovanni, a young painter and apprentice to Leonardo, is introduced, and his internal struggles and aspirations foreshadow his quest for artistic truth amidst the chaos of dogma and tradition. As the narrative unfolds, it sets the stage for a deeper exploration of Leonardo's character and the conflicting ideologies of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Biographical fiction Italy -- Fiction Artists -- Fiction Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Fiction PG Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 1097857 2025-08-19T09:24:11.419829 text/html 1091391 2024-10-24T13:47:01 text/html 556395 2025-08-19T09:24:25.938226 application/epub+zip 571352 2025-08-19T09:24:13.633290 application/epub+zip 488920 2025-08-19T09:24:12.531787 application/epub+zip 981469 2025-08-19T09:24:34.924206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 908758 2025-08-19T09:24:24.360209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827142 2022-09-21T17:55:46.925606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1016202 2025-08-19T09:24:09.031784 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 996131 2024-10-24T13:47:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18444 2025-08-19T09:24:35.080158 application/rdf+xml 12648 2025-08-19T09:24:12.689276 image/jpeg 2605 2025-08-19T09:24:12.611768 image/jpeg 518735 2025-08-19T09:24:11.509817 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia