THE FIRST EXHIBITION TO EXPLORE LEONARDO DA VINCI'S PROFOUND INTEREST IN AND INFLUENCE ON SCULPTURE WILL PREMIER AT THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, ATLANTA, IN OCTOBER. "LEONARDO DA VINCI: HAND OF THE GENIUS" WILL FEATURE APPROXIMATELY 50 STUNNING WORKS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 20 SKETCHES AND STUDIES BY LEONARDO, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE ON VIEW IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO FEATURE WORKS BY DONATELLO, RUBENS, VERROCCHIO, AND RUSTICI -- INCLUDING RUSTICI'S THREE MONUMENTAL BRONZES FROM THE FACADE OF THE BAPTISTERY IN FLORENCE THAT COMPRISE "JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING TO A LEVITE AND A PHARISEE", WHICH WAS RECENTLY RESTORED AND HAS NEVER LEFT FLORENCE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE WORKS FROM WORLD RENOWNED COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, THE VATICAN MUSEUMS, THE MUSEE DU LOUVRE, THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO IN FLORENCE.
THE EXHIBITION WILL SHED NEW LIGHT ON LEONARDO'S SEMINAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE AND THE WORK OF ARTIST'S WHO FOLLOWED HIM THROUGH AN EXAMINATION OF THE SCULPTURE THAT LEONARDO STUDIED, THE SKETCHES AND STUDIES HE AND HIS INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER RENAISSANCE SCULPTORS. ORGANIZED BY THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, "LEONARDO DA VINCI: HAND OF THE GENIUS" WILL PREMIERE IN ATLANTA 6.OCTOBER.2009 THROUGH TO 21.FEBRUARY.2010. A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE EXHIBITION WILL TRAVEL TO THE J PAUL GETTY MUSEUM IN LOS ANGELES 23.MARCH THROUGH 20.JUNE.2010.
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