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The #1 New York Times Bestseller 'Walter Isaacson is not an art
historian, he's simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to
communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable man' Books of the Year
- The Times 'Walter Isaacson keeps the mortal man to the fore. For
all his supernatural gifts as an artist and natural scientist.
Leonardo was resolutely human (illegitimate, vegan, in need of
patrons) rather than the near deity of legend. Isaacson is an
assured guide to Leonardo's fallibility - so many projects started,
so few completed - as well as his extraordinary curiosity and his
even more remarkable painterly skills that were sharpened by
intense observation.' Michael Prodger, Books of the Year - The
Sunday Times 'Infinitely curious, easily distracted, vain and
vegetarian, Leonardo is brought to vivid life in this accomplished
biography.' - The SundayTimes. 'an illuminating guide to the output
of one of the last millennium's greatest minds.' - The Observer
'Isaacson doesn't claim to make any fresh discoveries, but his book
is intelligently organised, simply written and beautifully
illustrated.' Book of the Day, The Guardian. 'Isaacson's
scholarship is impressive-he cites not only primary sources but
secondary materials by art critics, essayists, and da Vinci's other
biographers. This is a monumental tribute to a titanic figure.' -
Publisher's Weekly "A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and
life...a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve
it."-The New Yorker "Vigorous, insightful."-The Washington Post "A
masterpiece."-San Francisco Chronicle "Luminous."-The Daily Beast
'To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take
a tour through the life and works of one of the most extraordinary
human beings of all time in the company of the most engaging,
informed, and insightful guide imaginable. Walter Isaacson is at
once a true scholar and a spellbinding writer. And what a wealth of
lessons there are to be learned in these pages.' David McCullough
The creator of Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) officially
sold at auction in New York in November 2017 for the
record-breaking sum of GBP341 million. 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. His
creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from having
wide-ranging passions. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers,
drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted history's
most memorable smile. He explored the math of optics, showed how
light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing
perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how
Leonardo's lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions
informed his paintings and inventions. 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 of
instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received
knowledge but a willingness to question it-to be imaginative and,
like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different.
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Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2018 |
Authors: |
Walter Isaacson
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Dimensions: |
234 x 158 x 47mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
599 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4711-6678-5 |
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LSN: |
1-4711-6678-3 |
Barcode: |
9781471166785 |
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