Leonardo da Vci: Why historians believe the famed Italian artist was gay | The Inpennt

Contents:

• LEONARDO, LADI' MAN: WHY N'T WE ACCEPT THAT DA VCI WAS GAY?
• ‘LEONARDO’ CREATORS ON FG A GAY STORYLE, FEMALE ME AND THRILLER NARRATIVE
• LEONARDO DA VCI’S SEXUALY: WHY HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE FAMED ITALIAN ARTIST WAS GAY
• FRANK SPOTNZ DEVELOPG SERI DEPICTG LEONARDO DA VCI AS GAY OUTSIR (EXCLUSIVE)

LEONARDO, LADI' MAN: WHY N'T WE ACCEPT THAT DA VCI WAS GAY?

The rerds of the Office of the Night, brilliantly analysed by historian Michael Rocke, reveal that Leonardo’s day “the majory of lol mal at least once their lifetim were officially crimated for engagg homosexual relatns” for Leonardo, he lived wh his entourage of good-lookg assistants and pupils, drsed them and himself luxur cloth cludg pk and purple tights, and drew stupendoly sensual male most queer b of patg Bra … Leonardo’s Virg of the Rocks, at the Natnal Gallery. It’s as if Leonardo’s homosexualy is patible wh the universaly of his art. Lu, there is a lot of talk Italy about Leonardo portrayed as gay and his “gay kiss” beg a breakthrough for RAI.

We wanted to make clear [that he was gay] and also make the show accsible to everyone. In Leonardo, the character is shown to be gay – somethg that chim wh the current amic subject of da Vci’s sexualy has been discsed for s, wh historians, artists and even Sigmund Frd weighg wh theori about his sex life.

‘LEONARDO’ CREATORS ON FG A GAY STORYLE, FEMALE ME AND THRILLER NARRATIVE

A ntroversial say by Frd 1910, entled “Leonardo da Vci and A Memory of His Childhood, ” psychoanalys the artist, posg that he was gay, but celibate. A portra of da Vci, cir 1500 (Getty Imag)The Guardian’s art cric Jonathan Jon wrote that da Vci was “almost certaly gay”, but highlighted his life-long creative fatuatns wh women. Plan to-renews until ncelledTry for eeThe recent bgraphy of da Vci by Walter Isaacson also agreed that the artist was likely gay.

Some historians have argued he was gay or bisexual. "Why n't we accept that Da Vci was gay? In fact, many art scholars agree that da Vci was likely gay.

While his real arrt for sodomy and subsequent acqutal at the age of 24 are dramatized the seri, Leonardo’s homosexualy is largely swept unr the g favor of his (potentially nonexistent) relatnship wh Catera, a dynamic that is curly pennt and difficult to p a crowd TV landspe wh dargly novative tak on the perd drama (The Great, Outlanr, Bridgerton), Leonardo would have benefed om an earlier and eper exploratn of s tular character’s sexualy, which was arguably tied to some of his greatt works. A h look at the life and legacy of the inic artist Leonardo da Vci, posg that he was a gay outsir who ed his work as a way of hidg his te self.

LEONARDO DA VCI’S SEXUALY: WHY HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE FAMED ITALIAN ARTIST WAS GAY

Watch Now 1 Seasons Newt Episos S1 E8 - Episo 8S1 E7 - Episo 7S1 E6 - Episo 6SynopsisA h look at the life and legacy of the inic artist Leonardo da Vci, posg that he was a gay outsir who ed his work as a way of hidg his te self. Shownner Frank Spotnz (“The Man the High Castle”) and Brish wrer Steve Thompson (“Sherlock”) have been reced by Italy’s RAI and Lux Vi to velop “Leonardo, ” an English-language TV seri that will portray the Renaissance geni as a gay outsir. He was an illegimate child, gay, vegetarian and left-hand, ” said RAI Head of Drama Eleonora Andreatta, echog a scriptn found “Leonardo da Vci, ” a new bgraphy of the Italian polymath by U.

FRANK SPOTNZ DEVELOPG SERI DEPICTG LEONARDO DA VCI AS GAY OUTSIR (EXCLUSIVE)

1 Seasons Newt Episos S1 E8 - Episo 8S1 E7 - Episo 7S1 E6 - Episo 6SynopsisA h look at the life and legacy of the inic artist Leonardo da Vci, posg that he was a gay outsir who ed his work as a way of hidg his te self.