About
“the poetic dream of an unsurpassed artist”
— Luca Beltrami describing Leonardo Da Vinci’s work in the Sala Delle Asse in 1902
Patrizia Costa
“There is no silence more inviting than Leonardo’s unfinished works. Their quiet eloquence reminds us that masterpieces are born in the intimate planning stages.” -PC
Patrizia Costa is a Research Associate at the University of Pittsburgh specializing in both Renaissance and twentieth-century Italian art. She was born in Milan, not far from the Sforza Castle where a room known from 15th-century documents as the Sala delle Asse would recapture her interest and imagination as a graduate student many years later. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her family.
