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Leonardesque
[ lee-uh-nahr-desk, ley- ]
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Leonardesque1
Example Sentences
Mr. Leonard, who died in 2013, would surely be pleased with how Davey Holmes, the show’s creator, has appropriated signature Leonardesque touches — deadpan humor; casually deployed violence; incongruous eloquence.
An “Annunciation” in the Abbey of Montoliveto near Florence, Leonardesque in style.
Such genuinely Leonardesque touches have turned an unloved painting sold for £45 in 1956 into what is now claimed to be a Leonardo worth £120m.
They collaborated to create bronze figures for the Baptistery including one with a darkly Leonardesque visage.
It will be hung next to a group of Leonardo drawings, Mr. Brown said, adding, “It’s the most Leonardesque of all his works.”
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