L’avertissement (Spirit scene) | Serafino Macchiati | 1905 Leonardo da Vinci created in 1601-1602

created in 1601-1602

exquisite craftsmanship

set against a vibrant

and Jurisprudence (1903)—form one of the most controversial trilogies in modern art

L’avertissement (Spirit scene) | Serafino Macchiati | 1905 Leonardo da Vinci created in 1601-1602About the artwork: Lavertissement (Spirit Scene) (1905) by Serafino Macchiati is a haunting image that blends the everyday with the uncanny. Inspired by Jules Clareties novel Moi et lAutre, it depicts Andr Fortis, a man split between two selves, confronted during a dinner by the luminous vision of a womans head floating in the air. More than a ghostly apparition, the scene embodies Fortiss fractured psyche, where the boundaries between reality and