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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Biography
Paperback
by Isaacson, Walter
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster UK (2018), Edition: 1, 624 pages
- Language : English
- Paperback : 2018
- ISBN-10 : ?1471166783
- ISBN-13 : 9781471166785
- Weight : 1.26
- Dimensions : 23.3×15.8×4.3 cm
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Biography by Walter Isaacson (2018)
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4.2 rating based on 127,115 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1471166783
ISBN-13: 9781471166785
Goodreads: 39711321
Author(s):
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 10/17/2018
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius
4.2 rating based on 127,115 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1471166783
ISBN-13: 9781471166785
Goodreads: 39711321
Author(s):
Published: 10/17/2018
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius
