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Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

PONCE DE. . "The Bz LEON years wo LEONARDO DA VINCI Italian painter, sculptor his cart an , arch and engineer; method of 1452. About 1470 born he in proved a of Andrea del the work was instructed Verrocchio in painting About 156 ing, and where he had brated of renzo de Credi as fellow half-leng ited the East, Zanobi de serving ing as by Franci visiting the Sultan Cyprus of " Babylon, " now one Armenia; and in 1482 Louvre. Milan and attached trayed th Sforza, then guardian himself of Benci; and Duke Gian Galeazzo his tion" (150 supplanted., whom figures fro In 1508 His famous picture of the ," was painted on a who died i per refectory of a Rome, cons for the ex pleted in 1498. convent His. ous of its parts still sketches Lorenzo in in the Brera Gallery exist king, Franc at a yearly the Louvre. assigned to Among other paintings near Ambos great artist were Cecilia portraits Gallerani of, Lucrezia works that cannot mistresses LEONG though " La Belle now be Calian comy Louvre has been Ferronnière March 8, 10 former likeness. regarded The by Jagner, ah nardo on art in influence teacher in Milan angs and marked academy and there lasting in which, for he me he skel Andrea Salai, his story, of ceived instruction; and favorite ction. He nardino Luini turned to the "Paglia many of the his cher opera method. Leonardo characteristics 878" aza (19 ployed by his was also 904). Die devised a system patron of as an LEONIDA of the plains of Lombardy hydraulic, ng of S director of the and other, Cle court nen the pageants. ached with Duke After Lodovico the fall, in and 1500 imprisonment, opposed to Florence, and by 1502 Leonardo, ermopylse tered the service of he Spartans, Duke of Romagna, as Cæsar iliaries. gineer. In the architect to win ove turned to Florence following, year making his a Madonna and Child when he ece; and w the Servite monks, of with St. calling the noble cartoon now in which s, the Spa lery of the Royal the Diploma e and take completed. Academy, Ephialtes ar any los We now reach the period of famous contest Leonidas do's Both painters received with Michael away the commissions selves on found a in 1685, it is The massive cadecorate the Sala del Consiglio in the Palazzo della Signoria del Consiglio in the times employed moria with important historical compositions. Michael Angelo with important chose a subject of " ions. Michael Angelo " Pop. Soldiers Surprised While Bathing." of Soldiers Surprised Leonardo dealt with "The Battle of See PONCE DE Leonardo dealt with Anghiari" (1440). Two years were spent ri" (1440). Two in the preparation of his cartoon; but, the preparation of ( -vēn'che), ng employed a method of painting on the plaster which having employed a proved a failure, he, in the plaster which architect, Vinci, Italy, in n 1506, abandoned entered the studio the work. The cartoon is now lost. 1506, abandoned About 1504 was completed on is now lost. , by whom he the most celebrated of Leonardo's ted the most celeand modeleasel-pictures, the half-length of Mona Lisa asel-pictures, the Perugino and Lo- , third wife of Zanobi del Giocondo, Lisa, third wife of pupils. He visa work purchased by Francis I. for 4,000 a work purchased engineer to gold florins, and now one of the chief 00 gold florins, and or Cairo, and chief treasures of the Constantinople, and Louvre. Another work, now lost, portreasures of the trayed the celebrated work, now lost, porhe settled in beauty Ginevra Benci; and Pacioli's "On beauty Ginevra to Lodovico Divine Proportion" (1509), contained On Divine Propornephew, the 60 geometrical figures from Leonardo's d 60 geometrical hand. he afterward hand. In 1506 he was employed by Louis XII., died in 1515, ed by Louis XII., " Last Supwho Leonardo was in wall of the Rome, competing with Michael Angelo when Leonardo was in for the execution of the Michael Angelo façade of San Lorenzo in Florence. It was comthe façade of Ban for vari- The young French king, Francis I., bestowed on him in 1516, The young French a yearly allowance of 700 scudi at Windsor, wed on him in 1516, Milan, and in of 700 scudi, and assigned to his use the Château Cloux, , and near Amboise; and it was here the Château Cloux, done in Milan that the it was here that the great artist died, May 2, 1519. Crivelli and May 2, 1519. of the duke, LEONCAVALLO O, BUGGIERO, identified, Italian composer; born in Naples, Italy, , RUGGIERO, March 8, 1858. He an an born in Naples, Italy, " of the was friendly with Wagner, and for many was friendly with some as the years resided as a teacher in Paris, many years resided as of Leowhere he composed songs and fugitive pieces. is, where he composed About that time he sketched his ve pieces. About that was clearly founded an his trilogy of Italian " Beltraffio and history, of which "Medici" is the first trilogy of Italian section. He produced Medici" is the first pupil, re- , in Milan, in 1892, his "Pagliacci"; in uced, in Milan, in 1892, in great Ber- 1898, "Medici." own uses Other operas are "La Bohème" (1897), 1893, "Medici." "Zaza" (1900), and "Der "La Bohème" (1897), Roland" of his and "Der Roland much em- (1904). Died 1919. 19. engineer. He LEONIDAS irrigation of Anaxandrides, King of Sparta, succeeded his half- , a son of Anaxandrides, brother, Cleomenes I., acted as cceeded his halfabout 491 b. c. When the Persian monarch festivities and Xerxes approached with an about 491 B. C. immense army, Leonidas opposed him at ch Xerxes apof the army, Leoni retired the narrow pass of Thermopylæ (480 b. c.) with a force of the narrow pass of 300 Spartans, and rather had en- .) with a force of more than 5,000 auxiliaries. The Persians rather more than 5,000 Borgia, then attempted in vain to win over Leonidas Persians attempted in and enby the promise of making him ruler Leonidas by the promise ruler of he reof the whole of Greece; and when the whole of commenced Xerxes sent out a herald calling the Greeks Anne for rxes sont out a herto lay down their arms, the Spartans eaks to lay down their only the answered: "Let him come and take them." answered: "Let him Gal- The treachery of one Ephialtes having London, was The treachery of ving made it impossible to bar any longer the progress of the made it impossible foe, Leonidas and his er the progress of the Leonarhis little band, having Angelo. sent away the auxiliary force, threw little band, having themselves on the auxiliary force, threw to swarming myriads, and found a heroic death warming myriads, . death.