Leonardo Da Vinci: And A Memory Of His Childhood

Leonardo da Vinci and A Memory of His Childhood is a 1910 essay by Sigmund Freud about Leonardo da Vinci's childhood. It consists of a psychoanalytic study of Leonardo's life based on his paintings. Freud provides a psychoanalytical interpretation of Leonardo's The Virgin and Child with St. Anne. According to Oskar Pfister, the Virgin's garment reveals a vulture when viewed sideways. Freud accepted this interpretation (in spite of the outlines resembling rather a duck than a vulture) as a supportive interpretation of his view of a "passive homosexual" childhood fantasy Leonardo wrote about in the Codex Atlanticus. Here, Leonardo recounts being attacked as an infant in his crib by the tail of a vulture.

• | Author: *Sigmund Freud, Andrea Gouveia
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: May 17, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 50 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1546748008
• | ISBN-13: 9781546748007