Leonardo da Vinci
Isaacson, Walter
Leonardo da Vinci / Walter Isaacson - New York : Simon & Schuster , 2017 - 599 p. : illus ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? 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.
English.
9781501139154
Da Vinci, Leonardo (, 1452-1519)
Artists---Italy----Biography
Scientists---Italy----Biography
Gifted persons----Biography
N6923.L33 / I827 2017
92 LEO
Leonardo da Vinci / Walter Isaacson - New York : Simon & Schuster , 2017 - 599 p. : illus ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? 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.
English.
9781501139154
Da Vinci, Leonardo (, 1452-1519)
Artists---Italy----Biography
Scientists---Italy----Biography
Gifted persons----Biography
N6923.L33 / I827 2017
92 LEO
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