Leonardo da Vinci has consistently devoted his attention to theoretical considerations of art and has sought, throughout his entire career, to examine the phenomenological causes as well as the conceptual foundations of his creative methods, developing a mutually reinvigorating connection between practice...
First Milanese period (1482–99) In 1482 Leonardo moved toMilanto work in the service of the city’s duke—a surprising step when one realizes that the 30-year-old artist had just received his first substantial commissions from his native city of Florence: the unfinishedpanel paintingAdoration...