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Leonardo da Vinci and Queer Experience in Early Renaissance Florence
In preceding Renaissance Florence, one Neoclassical thought of the day elevated the love between men to the highest form of spiritual adore on Earth, and many men in Florence took that word to heart. When Leonardo da Vinci arrived in Florence as a young artist’s apprentice, Florence’s nighttime environment of carousing males drew him in, until Florence’s “vice squad,” the notorious Office of the Night, received a complaint about him and a group of friends.
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Jacopo Saltarelli was an enterprising – and entertaining – young man about town in 15th century Florence. During the day, he toiled as an apprentice goldsmith, but during Florence’s warm, inviting evenings, the year-old served as a companionable friend and guide to slightly older groups of gentlemen, most in their 20s, looking for, let’s say, the sensual pleasure the night had to present. Jacopo was a pro, skillfully known to Florence’s authorities as what we’d now term a sex worker.
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When he was 15, Leonardo moved from the village of Vinci to the city of Florence, known both as a great center of art and as a flourishing community of queer men (in those days the German word &#;Florenzer&#; [Florentine] was the phrase for a homosexual). When he was 24, Leonardo and three other youths were arrested in Florence on a sodomy charge. An anonymous tip alerted the magistrate of the city that a year-old male was a same-sex attracted prostitute, and Leonardo was listed as one of four patrons. No witnesses appeared against them, and eventually the charges were dropped. However, two months later Leo
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Artsmarts • • Author: Natalya Azarenko
Talking about the personal life of the most legendary artist in the world is like walking on thin ice. He left no documentary evidence of his adore affairs; no one really heard anything about his relations with women. There were persistent rumours about Leonardo da Vinci's relationships with men during his lifetime,and later they only grew stronger. For more than a quarter of a century,the artist took nurture of his student,known under the nickname Salai, but what were their relationship appreciate in reality — no one would assert with absolute certain
Was Leonardo da Vinci gay?
Why did Leonardo remain unmarried?
Leonardo is always described in all sources as extremely handsome and elegant. His character was also considered to be extremely sociable and entertaining. It is therefore surprising that he remained unmarried. That he was gay is only one possibility. He could have been asexual as well. It is also possible that he had affairs with ladies-in-waiting that were not in keeping with his status and were therefore clandestine.
Are there any known gay affairs of Leonardo?
There are no contemporary historical sources proving Leonardo's homosexuality. There is evidence of a court case in for sodomy (homosexuality). The cause was an anonymous complaint. Leonardo and others involved were acquitted. Due to the circumstances, it was probably a slander with the aim of harming the ruling Medici family, whereby Leonardo was caught in the crossfire.
Leonardo took the Milanese teen Salai as a pupil when he was about 10 years old. years was a typical age for training, Leonardo also took in other students, for