Eight Leonardo da Vinci books released for 500th death anniversary

For the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death in 2019, eight books were published in Italy covering various aspects of his life and work. Stefano Zuffi's 'Leonardo in primo piano' (Electa Rizzoli) analyzes fifty works thematically. Maurizio Galimberti's 'Il Cenacolo di Leonardo da Vinci' (Skira) deconstructs the Last Supper through hundreds of photographs, using a life-size reproduction from the Archivio Scala in Florence. Cécile Alix's 'La vita (divertentissima) di Leonard. L’amico geniale' (Edizioni Sonda) targets pre-teens with a story narrated by a 12-year-old fan. Andrea Concas's 'Leonardo da Vinci. 100 domande 150 risposte' (Mondadori) integrates a chatbot for additional queries. Daniel Arasse's 'Leonardo. Il ritmo del mondo' (Jaca Book), originally published in 1997, offers a 500-page specialist monograph. 'La fortuna della Scapiliata di Leonardo da Vinci' (Nomos), edited by Pietro C. Marani and Simone Verde, accompanies a 2019 exhibition at the Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta in Parma, focusing on the 'Scapiliata' painting. Maria Pirulli and Stefano Ferrio's 'L’ultimo messaggio di Leonardo' (Skira) is a novel alternating between 15th-century Milan and a contemporary land art project. Martin Kemp's '50 anni con Leonardo' (Rizzoli) is an autobiographical account of his five-decade study of Leonardo, including his 2008 inspection of the Salvator Mundi at the National Gallery in London.