Leonardo da vinci the biography by walter isaacson
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci (Isaacson book)
Non-fiction book by Walter Isaacson
Leonardo da Vinci is a biography of Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci. The book was written by Walter Isaacson, a journalist, biographer and former executive at CNN and president of the Aspen Institute.[1]
Contents
[edit]The book details Leonardo's life, paintings, notebooks, work on maths, science and anatomy, and his sexuality. It focuses primarily on his notebooks but also covers his paintings. The book tackles the controversies surrounding the attribution of the paintings La Bella Principessa and Salvator Mundi to Leonardo.[2] Isaacson has stated that the book does not contain any new discoveries about Leonardo.[3] At the end of the book, Isaacson gives a list of lessons to be learned from Leonardo's life. An example is "be curious, relentlessly curious".[4][5] The front cover has the portrait of Leonardo held at the Uffizi museum.[6]
Reception
[edit]The book became a number-one New York Times Best Seller on its list.[7][8]Robin McKie of The Guardian described the book as "sumptuous, elegantly written and diligently produced".[2]Bill Gates, who owns Leonardo's Codex Leicester, wrote "I've r
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Leonardo da Vinci
"As always, [Isaacson] writes with a strongly synthesizing intelligence across a tremendous range; the result is a valuable introduction to a complex subject. . . . Beneath its diligent research, the book is a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it. . . . Most important, Isaacson tells a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life."
—The New Yorker
“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 and 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, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Wright Brothers and
“I’ve read a lot about Leonardo over the years, but I had never found one book that satisfactorily covered all the different facets of his life and work. Walter—a talented journalist and author I’ve gotten to know over the years—did a great job pulling it all together. . . . More than any other Leonardo book I’ve read, this one helps you see him as a complete human being and understand just how special he was.”
—Bill Gate