The Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich 1865-1941 creator Trench, Herbert 1865-1923 text utu 2015 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner" by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky is a novel first published in 1900. Set during the Renaissance, it follows young artist Giovanni Beltraffio as he studies under the master Leonardo da Vinci, struggling to understand why he cannot match his teacher's genius. Against a backdrop of conflict and tragedy, the novel explores the era's re-emerging humanism and the resurrection of ancient values, contrasting the spirit of Antiquity with medieval darkness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romance_of_Leonardo_da_Vinci Release date is 2015-01-10 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) Original publication data not identified Biographical fiction Italy -- Fiction Artists -- Fiction Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Fiction PG Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47902 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47902 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134112.0 47902