Leonardo da Vinci / Walter Isaacson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: xii, 599 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Leonardo da VinciDDC classification:
  • 709.2 B 23
LOC classification:
  • B N 6923  L581I 2017
Other classification:
  • BIO001000 | BIO015000 | BIO006000
Contents:
Main Characters--- Currency in Italy in 1500-- Note regarding the cover-- Primary periods of Leonardo's life-- Timeline-- Introduction: I can also paint-- 1. Childhood-- 2. Apprentice-- 3. On his own-- 4. Milan-- 5. Leonardo's notebooks-- 6. Court entertainer-- 7. Personal life-- 8. Vitruvian Man-- 9. The horse monument-- 10. Scientist-- 11. Birds and flight-- 12. The mechanical arts-- 13. Math-- 14. The nature of man-- 15. Virgin of the Rocks-- 16. The Milan portraits-- 17. The science of art-- 18. The Last Supper-- 19. Personal turmoil-- 20. Florence again-- 21. Saint Anne-- 22. Paintings lost and found-- 23. Cesare Borgia-- 24. Hydraulic engineer-- 25. Michelangelo and the lost Battles-- 26. Return to Milan-- 27. Anatomy, round two-- 28. The world and its waters-- 29. Rome-- 30. Pointing the way-- 31. The Mona Lisa-- 32. France-- 33. Conclusion-- Coda: Describe the tongue of the woodpecker--
Summary: "He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) B N 6923 L581I 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174600

Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index.

Main Characters---
Currency in Italy in 1500--
Note regarding the cover--
Primary periods of Leonardo's life--
Timeline--
Introduction: I can also paint--
1. Childhood--
2. Apprentice--
3. On his own--
4. Milan--
5. Leonardo's notebooks--
6. Court entertainer--
7. Personal life--
8. Vitruvian Man--
9. The horse monument--
10. Scientist--
11. Birds and flight--
12. The mechanical arts--
13. Math--
14. The nature of man--
15. Virgin of the Rocks--
16. The Milan portraits--
17. The science of art--
18. The Last Supper--
19. Personal turmoil--
20. Florence again--
21. Saint Anne--
22. Paintings lost and found--
23. Cesare Borgia--
24. Hydraulic engineer--
25. Michelangelo and the lost Battles--
26. Return to Milan--
27. Anatomy, round two--
28. The world and its waters--
29. Rome--
30. Pointing the way--
31. The Mona Lisa--
32. France--
33. Conclusion--
Coda: Describe the tongue of the woodpecker--

"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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