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Notre Dame
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what a 37-Across
does; also, as the
circles show, what
each answer
containing them
does
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George
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By Jerry Edelstein
©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
11/15/17
11/15/17
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
RELEASE DATE– Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
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6A — Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Arts
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
ART NOTEBOOK
RUBENS
The Battle of Anghiari, copy by Peter Paul Rubens
The mystery of Leonardo
da Vinci’s lost masterpiece
Writer Trina Pal takes us through one of art’s greatest mysteries:
the tenuous connection between Vasari and Leonardo da Vinci
As I stared up at Giorgio
Vasari’s painting, The battle
of Marciano in Val di Chiana,
uncontrollable chills traveled
down my spine. I couldn’t
believe
that
Leonardo
da
Vinci’s most revered work
during his lifetime was right
beneath this 43 by 25 ft fresco.
And I’m most definitely not
talking Mona Lisa.
I was standing in the largest
political hall in Italy, the
Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
Six similar frescoes depicting
battle scenes ornamented the
walls of the room, all requiring
me to crane my neck to glimpse
the tops. A family trip had led
me to Italy, but as I looked up at
the famous fresco, there didn’t
seem to be anyone else in the
room. All I knew was myself,
soaking in the mystery of the
lost masterpiece, The Battle of
Anghiari, that was rumored to
be behind these walls.
When it was painted in 1505,
The Battle of Anghiari was
regarded as the best work by
Leonardo da Vinci, arguably
the most well-known painter
of the Renaissance era and
today. This one battle scene,
commissioned
by
Italian
statesman Piero Soderini to be
painted in the Palazzo Vecchio,
was said to surpass any other
painting produced during the
Renaissance. A century later,
however,
painter
Giorgio
Vasari was told to paint over
it by the Grand Duke Cosimo
I. After this, there are no
known records of The Battle of
Anghiari. Art historians knew
it should rest in the Palazzo
Vecchio, but found nothing
more than copied sketches
by Peter Paul Rubens and da
Vinci himself. Nothing could
point them to the original.
But
five
years
ago,
everything changed. In March
2012,
Italian
art
analyst
Maurizio Seracini discovered
that Vasari’s painting actually
rested on a thin wall about
one to three inches in front
of the rest of the paintings in
the gallery. By controversially
drilling small holes into parts
of Vasari’s painting, Seracini
discovered pigments behind
this
wall.
After
further
analysis, it was found that da
Vinci had used these same
pigments in many of his other
works. Not having the heart to
destroy Leonardo’s acclaimed
work, Vasari had built a thin
wall over the original painting
before painting himself.
What’s the big fuss, you
ask? What about this could
cause me to feel as if I was
in
an
alternate
universe,
standing in this grand gallery
on this particular hot August
afternoon?
It’s
simple.
I’d
even brought binoculars in
preparation.
Nothing
was
going to take away from this
life changing moment, and
nothing did.
I’ve never cared much for
Vasari as a painter. I will,
however, attest to the man’s
ingenuity. Vasari, reluctant to
paint over Leonardo’s work
and knowing that historians
would be searching for it
centuries later, had included
a vital clue in his painting. On
one of the green flags about
20 feet up, lost in the chaos of
the Battle of Marciano in Val
di Chiana, he had painted the
words “Cerca Trova” in white
paint. In other words, “Seek,
and ye shall find.” It’s amazing
that art historians didn’t find
it earlier.
I’ve
never
shaken
off
this day of discovery. I was
amazed these words weren’t
found centuries earlier. This
inscription was written on a
painting in a room where The
Battle of Anghiari was said to
have existed, yet no one had
pieced together the clues until
five years ago.
I’ve come to two conclusions.
One: The mysteries I always
classified as the realm of
fiction novels can manifest
themselves in reality, and they
can do so in a way that sucks
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the breath right out of you.
You’re left feeling as if you
didn’t truly deserve to witness
this moment, to see the stars
align right in front of you.
Two: Sometimes we don’t see
what’s right under our noses.
But I’m not complaining —
had this been found centuries
earlier, I wouldn’t have been as
beautifully spellbound as I was
four years ago.
The Battle of Anghiari will
likely never be recovered. In
order to do so, Vasari’s painting
would have to be destroyed,
and it’s very probable that da
Vinci’s painting would emerge
in a damaged condition. As an
art enthusiast, I’m devastated
The Battle of Anghiari won’t
ever be seen by myself or
the public. It’s almost more
distressing, however, that most
people will never know this
painting.
It seems than an art piece
lost isn’t as painful as an art
piece undiscovered. Since The
Battle of Anghiari is the latter,
it’s as if a huge part of da Vinci’s
reputation never existed. It
brings up the controversial
question: Is it just to destroy a
“lesser” piece of art to recover
a more famous work? As much
as I’d love to revel in the
glory of da Vinci’s painting,
I couldn’t justify destroying
another piece of art to do so.
Regardless, seeing the words
“Cerca Trova” with my own
eyes was an experience that
transcended all my previous
notions
of
self-discovery.
When I close my eyes, I can
still see the white, fine printed
words etched in my mind.
“Seek, and ye shall find.”
I wonder what else I’ll
discover if I disregard the
apparent and dive into the
unexplored.
TRINA PAL
Daily Arts Writer
VASARI
Battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana fresco by Giorgio Vasari
VASARI
“Cerca Trova” as painted by Giorgio Vasari in Battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana
I’ve never cared
much for Vasari
as a painter. I
will, however,
attest to the man’s
ingenuity