Leonardo da Vinci

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 Download Leonardo da Vinci Author Walter Isaacson – kino-fada.fr Shortly after Melinda and I got married, I told her I was bidding on a notebook that could wind up costing a lot of money Don t you already have a great portable computer she asked.I explained that by notebook, I meant the old fashioned kind And by old fashioned, I meant really old fashioned, as inthan 500 years old The notebook in question was one of the 32 surviving journals of Leonardo da Vinci.After I won the bid, I broke a longstanding tradition I was supposed to change the Shortly after Melinda and I got married, I told her I was bidding on a notebook that could wind up costing a lot of money Don t you already have a great portable computer she asked.I explained that by notebook, I ...Although generally considered by his contemporaries to be friendly and gentle, Leonardo was at times dark and troubled His notebooks and drawings are a window into his fevered, imaginative, manic, and sometimes elated mind Had he been a student at the outset of the twenty first century, he may have been put on a pharmaceutical regimen to alleviate his mood swings and attention deficit disorder One need not subscribe to the artist as troubled genius trope to believe we are fortunate that Leon Although generally considered by his contemporaries to be friendly and gentle, Leonardo was at times dark and troubled His notebooks and drawings are a window into his fevered, imaginative, manic, and sometimes elated mind Had he been a student at the outset of the twenty first century, he may have been put on a pharmaceutical regimen to alleviate his m...Marvelous Isaacson s comprehensive biography is written to delight, to inform, and to inspire curiosity Video review to come in my March Wrap Up.How might you describe the tongue of a woodpecker And so it begins, in my ongoing attempt to learnabout important figures in history This time, I turned to the latest biography by Walter Isaacson, exploring the life of Leonardo da Vinci A man of many talents, da Vinci lived a full and exciting life as he sought to scratch the many itches that came to mind and paved the way for scores of significant discoveries Isaacson offers a thorough and highly informative...As the writer says in the final chapter LEARNING FROM LEONARDOSeek knowledge for its own sake Not all knowledge needs to be useful Sometimes it should be pursued for pure pleasure.Such was the reading of this book to me This book introduced me to a man from a long ago time who was thirsty enough for knowledge and information that he valiantly erased all the lines between reality and fantasy, broke all the rules separating science and arts and even made use of the illegitimacy of his own exist As the writer says in the fin...The audiobook is a fantastic production It is in this manner non fiction audiobooks should be made You are given a huge PDF file with 144 pictures, a character list and a timeline To get the most out of the audiobook one should sit by a computer and look at the pictures as one listens the audiobook follows the pictures one by one in the order they are presented, each picture being referred to in the text Each is minutely analyzed and discussed A listener is given clear instructions stating The audiobook is a fantastic production It is in this manner non fiction audiobooks should be made You are given a huge PDF file with 144 pictures, a character list and a timeline To get the most out of the audiobook one should sit by a computer and look at the pictures as one listens the audiobook follows the pictures one by one in the order they are presented, each picture being referred to in the text Each is minutely analyzed and discussed A listener is given clear instructions stating where exactly to look and what you will there observe I did see exac...Honestly, I preferred Serge Bramly s 1991 Da Vinci biography to this one by Isaacson I read and reviewed here on GR his biographies of Einstein and Ben Franklin, and found them both really good In the present work, the author is way too present in my opinion and pitches his Steve Jobs biography on nearly every other page OK, I am exaggerating but only a little bit Did I learn some stuff about my favorite Renaissance Man Yes, I did and I did appreciate the insight into the major works and Honestly, I preferred Serge Bramly s 1991 Da Vinci biography to this one by Isaacson I read and reviewed here on GR his bio...One of the best books I read in 2018 was a biography Not to anyone but to Leonardo da Vinci a historical figure that I m sure almost every normal person associates with a genius Actually after reading the biography written by Isaacson, I was left with the impression that Leonardo was not a genius He was the most ordinary person in the world who only happened to ask a lot of questions about things One of the best books I read in 2018 was a biography Not to anyone but to Leonardo da Vinci a historical figure that I m sure almost every normal person associates with a genius Actually after reading the biography written by Isaacson, I was left with the impression that Leonardo was not a genius He was the most ordinary person in the world who only happened to ask a lot of questions about things around him in times when people were afraid to do so His whole life path, all his knowledge, his whole contribution to art and science is due not to a rare genius of his DNA but to his curiosity...This is the third book that I have read of Walter Isaacson The first one, Benjamin Franklin An American Life, was fantastic The second one, The Innovators How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution was not as interesting to me Now this book, about Leonardo da Vinci again brought me to a high level of enjoyment I learned so much about Leonardo, he was such a fascinating man, one of the true Renaissance men.Leonardo was truly one of a kind He had a truly scien This is the third book that I have read of Walter Isaacson The first one, Benjamin Franklin An American Life, was fantastic The second one, The Innovators How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution was not as interesting to me Now this book, about Leonardo da Vinci again brought me to a high level of enjoyment I learned so much about Leonardo, he was such a fascinating man, one of the true Renaissance men.Leonardo was truly one of a kind He had a truly scientific outlook, fueled by his insatiable curiosity His powers of observation were incredible Just as an example, he was able to observe that the front wings of a dragonfly beat in the opposite direction from the rear wings How could he see that His scientific mind was continuously trying to learn new things, and he left thousands of pages of manuscripts and notes for us, today But he did ...Unlike many readers of this book who were well acquainted with Walter Isaacson and loved his previous works, I picked this biography being quite sceptical and absolutely unaware of how Isaacson approaches his subjects His bibliography looks like a very impressive collection of genii of all sorts Jobs, Einstein, Kissinger and Franklin Surely, adding Leonardo da Vinci to this list must be tempting, but this task, if you ask me, was too difficult for Isaacson to handle Apparently, Isaacson can Unlike many readers of this book who were well acquainted with Walter Isaacson and loved his previous works, I picked this biography being quite sceptical and absolutely unaware of how Isaacson approaches his subjects His bibliography looks like a very impressive collection of genii of all sorts Jobs, Einstein, Kissinger and Franklin Surely, adding Leonardo da Vinci to this list must be tempting, but this task, if you ask me, was too difficult for Isaacson to handle Apparently, Isaacson cannot be blamed for the lack of research as he constantly quotes Martin Kemp, Kenneth Clark, Carmen Bambach, Luke Syson, Vasari, early Leonardo biographers and many others look at the Notes section of this book and you d be impressed , and often refers to the facts that cannot be easily found on Wikipedia they can be easily found in better written books on Leonardo and his art, but never mind And yet it s not enough to tell the st...

• English
• 18 September 2017
Walter Isaacson
• Hardcover
• 600 pages
• 1501139150
• Walter Isaacson
• Leonardo da Vinci