Preface List of Figures 1 Leonardo and His Patrons Sabine Frommel 1 A Silent Dialogue: Lorenzo the Magnificent 2 Leonardo at the Court of Lodovico Sforza 3 The prestantissimo et delectissimo familiare architecto et ingegnero generale of Cesare Borgia 4 Representatives of the King of France in Milan: Charles d'Amboise and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio 5 At the Court of LeoX 6 At the Court of FrancisI2 The Painted Architecture Sabine Frommel 1 From the Annunciation (Uffizi) to the Last Supper (Santa Maria delle Grazie) 2 Architectural Drawings for Potential Paintings and Stage Designs3 The tiburio of Milan Cathedral Jean Guillaume 1 The Structure of the tiburio 2 The Exterior Appearance: The Dome Preferred to the tiburio 3 A Two-Domed Structure4 The Central-Plan Church Jean Guillaume 1 Plan Types 2 Plans Expressed in Volumes 3 Elevations 4 A Church Façade 5 Leonardo and the Religious Architecture of the Renaissance5 Funerary Monuments Sabine Frommel 1 The Project for a Mausoleum 2 The Funerary Monument of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio6 Urban Reconstruction and the Ideal City Sabine Frommel 1 Contemporary Research on the New Form of the City: Imagined Space and the Treatise 2 Urban Reconstruction Projects in Milan: Functionality and Political Strategy 3 From the Medici to FrancisI: 1512-1519 4 A Different Method: Giuliano da Sangallo7 Fortifications Sabine Frommel 1 Drawings of Defensive Structures during the First Milanese Sojourn 2 Leonardo architetto e ingenere generale of Cesare Borgia 3 Projects since 1503: Again the Fortress of Piombino and the Second Sojourn in Milan 4 Leonardo's Approach8 Palaces and Villas Sabine Frommel 1 Projects Linked to Specific Sites and Programs 2 The Country House of a Rich Landowner 3 The Villa of Charles d'Amboise 4 Villa Melzi 5 The Ideal Projects of Palaces and Villas with a Central Plan 6 The Façades9 The Staircase with Several Ascents Jean Guillaume 10 Architectural Language: The Use of Orders Jean Guillaume 11 Theatrical Architecture, Festivals, and Ephemeral Constructions in Leonardo's Work Sara Taglialagamba 1 Mechanical Paradises 2 Entertainment: Animated Forms and Marvelous Works 3 In the Service of the French12 Leonardo and Antique Architecture: A Versatile Dialogue Sabine Frommel 1 Assimilation of the Pantheon 2 Variations on the tholos 3 Thoughts on the Villa Inspired by Antiquity 4 Adoptions of More Complex Modalities Derived from Antique Origins13 Leonardo, His Contemporaries and His Legacy Sabine Frommel 1 From Florence to Milan: The Expanding References 2 The Three Sojourns of Leonardo in Rome: Bramante and New Challenges 3 Filarete, Francesco di Giorgio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Baldassarre Peruzzi 4 The Florentines' Network 5 Nachleben in the Drawing of the Codex Chlumzcanzky and in Serlio's Treatise14 Leonardo in France Jean Guillaume 1 Romorantin 2 Chambord15 Leonardo's Singularity Jean Guillaume 16 Leonardo the Architect? Sabine Frommel 1 Is There a Leonardo Method? 2 From Inclinations to Principles Bibliography Index.