Description: Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in 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. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. 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.In the “luminous” (Daily Beast) Leonardo da Vinci, Isaacson describes how Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and, like talented rebels in any era, to think different. Here, da Vinci “comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacson’s ambitious new biography…a vigorous, insightful portrait” (The Washington Post). Publisher : Simon & Schuster; First Edition, Second Printing (October 17, 2017)Language : EnglishHardcover : 624 pagesISBN-10 : 1501139150ISBN-13 : 978-1501139154Item Weight : 2.31 poundsDimensions : 6.13 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
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Signed By: Walter Isaacson
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Book Series: Historical
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
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Edition: First Edition
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Era: 2010s
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Features: Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Leonardo Da Vinci
Number of Pages: 624 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Item Height: 1.5 in
Topic: Individual Artists / General, General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European, Historical, Science & Technology
Publication Year: 2017
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Genre: Art, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
Item Weight: 46.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Walter Isaacson
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
