Karen Essex

Leonardo’s Swans: Q & A Leonardo’s Swans was used as a text in a humanities class at University of North Carolina on “Lives of Artists.” The

On a trip to Milan, I visited The Last Supper, which can only be seen by appointment and in small groups. After everyone had left the room,

Leonardo’s Swans reveals the drama behind many of the artist’s most famous paintings, answering questions that have remained mysteries for centuries: —Who are the mysterious beauties

1. While Leonardo’s Swans is written from the points of view of the Este sisters, each chapter begins with an excerpt from the actual notebooks of Leonardo