Review of Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

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  • Leonardo da Vinci

    • ASIN: 1501139169
    • ISBN: 1501139169
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing n... [Read More]

  • Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind

    • ASIN: 0143036122
    • ISBN: 0143036122
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    In this engaging and thoroughly researched biography, Charles Nicholl uncovers the man behind the myth of the great Renaissance master. At times a painter, sculptor, inventor, draftsman, and anatomist, Leonardo’s life cannot easily be summarized. And yet, Nicholl skillfully traces the artist’s early days as an illegitimate child in Tuscany; his... [Read More]

  • Leonardo: The Artist and the Man

    • ASIN: 0140231757
    • ISBN: 0140231757
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    "A considerable work of assimilative scholarship and common sense...races along merrily."—The Boston Globe.

  • Leonardo da Vinci (Giants of Science)

    • ASIN: 0142408212
    • ISBN: 0142408212
    • Brand: Puffin
    • Manufacturer: Puffin Books

    Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks are mind-boggling evidence of a fifteenth-century scientific genius standing at the edge of the modern world, basing his ideas on observation and experimentation. This book will change children’s ideas of who Leonardo was and what it means to be a scientist.

  • Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing

    • ASIN: 0847859401
    • ISBN: 0847859401
    • Manufacturer: Rizzoli Electa

    On the heels of Walter Isaacson's beloved new biography (Fall 2017), and increased media attention (as 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the artist's death), this book's appeal will extend beyond the devoted and numerous members of Leonardo's audience to reach a popular one.The most comprehensive collection of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings provide... [Read More]

  • Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer

    • ASIN: 0525470336
    • ISBN: 0525470336
    • Brand: Dutton Children's Books
    • Manufacturer: Dutton Children's Books

    Famous in his time as a painter, prankster, and philosopher, Leonardo da Vinci was also a musician, sculptor, and engineer for dukes, popes, and kings. What remains of his work-from futuristic designs and scientific inquiry to artwork of ethereal beauty-reveals the ambitious, unpredictable brilliance of a visionary, and a timeless dreamer.Robert By... [Read More]

  • Leonardo Da Vinci: His Life and Works in 500 Images

    • ASIN: 0754823261
    • ISBN: 0754823261
    • Brand: Brand: Anness
    • Manufacturer: Lorenz Books

    An expert and comprehensive new reference book on the life and works of influential artist, engineer, inventor and scientist Leonardo da Vnci

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    • ASIN: 0688161553
    • ISBN: 0688161553
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    An unwanted child. A brilliant genius.Born in 1452 to a peasant woman and a country gentleman, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most amazing people who ever lived. He grew up to be a great painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, and inventor.As a boy, Leonardo was apprenticed to a famous artist. But he quickly became more skillful than his teacher... [Read More]

  • World History Biographies: Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius Who Defined the Renaissance (National Geographic World History Biographies)

    • ASIN: 1426302487
    • ISBN: 9781426302480
    • Brand: National Geographic Children's Books
    • Manufacturer: National Geographic Children's Books

    "This work is an attractive and friendly resource for students... The strengths of this biography are its attractive illustrations, the time line of Da Vinci’s life across the bottom of each page, and the simple presentation of the facts of his life. Young readers will find the book visually appealing, and those searching for factual information ... [Read More]

  • The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Volume 2)

    • UPC: 800759225736
    • ASIN: 0486225739
    • ISBN: 0486225739
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect — Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the first flying machine, was one of the great universal geniuses of Western civilization. His voluminous notebooks, the great storehouse of his theories and discoveries, are presented here in 1566 extracts th... [Read More]

  • Leonardo by Leonardo: Leonardo da Vinci

    • ASIN: 0935112820
    • ISBN: 0935112820
    • Manufacturer: Callaway Arts & Entertainment

    Leonardo by Leonardo is a landmark publication on Leonardo da Vinci, the immortal Renaissance artist universally considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Published to coincide with Leonardo’s 500th anniversary commemoration in 2019, and written by Martin J. Kemp, one of the world’s leading authorities on Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo ... [Read More]

  • Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan

    • UPC: 884285851690
    • ASIN: 1857094913
    • ISBN: 1857094913
    • Manufacturer: National Gallery London

    Leonardo da Vinci's reputation as an inventor and scientist, and the complexity of his creativity and personality, have sometimes almost overshadowed the importance of his aims and techniques as a painter. This catalogue focuses on a crucial period in the 1480s and 1490s when, as a salaried court artist to Duke Ludovico Sforza in the city-state o... [Read More]

  • Einstein: His Life and Universe

    • ASIN: 0743264746
    • ISBN: 0743264746
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection betw... [Read More]

  • Leonardo's Universe: The Renaissance World of Leonardo Da Vinci

    • ASIN: 1426202857
    • ISBN: 1426202857
    • Brand: Brand: National Geographic
    • Manufacturer: National Geographic

    Some five centuries after his birth, readers still hungrily ponder the mysteries behind Leonardo Da Vinci's sketch-filled notebooks, radical inventions, and enigmatic paintings. This stunning book explores his insights in a magnificently illustrated and informative style. Every page resonates with Leonardo's genius, demonstrated by his own art and ... [Read More]

  • Leonardo da Vinci: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #10: Monday with a Mad Genius

    • UPC: 000375846654
    • ASIN: 0375846654
    • ISBN: 0375846654
    • Brand: Osborne, Mary Pope/ Boyce, Natalie Pope/ Murdocca, Sal (ILT)
    • Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers

    The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!!   When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #10: Monday with a Mad Genius, t... [Read More]

  • Leonardo Da Vinci: The Renaissance Man: A Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)

    • ASIN: 9380741200
    • ISBN: 9380741200
    • Manufacturer: Campfire

    Painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer, Leonardo da Vinci was a genius who was well ahead of his time and the best example of the Renaissance man. This is the story of one of the greatest painters of all time, and perhaps the most diversely talen... [Read More]

  • The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting

    • ASIN: 1984819259
    • ISBN: 1984819259
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

    An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million—and might not be the real thing. In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci’s small oil painting the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as savior of the world is... [Read More]

  • Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

    • ASIN: 0448443015
    • ISBN: 0448443015
    • Brand: Grosset & Dunlap
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

    Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters.  Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to.  Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated encyclopedia he intended to create, all that he... [Read More]

  • Leonardo da Vinci for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities (For Kids series)

    • ASIN: 1556522983
    • ISBN: 1556522983
    • Brand: Chicago Review Press
    • Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

    The marriage of art and science is celebrated in this beautifully illustrated four-color biography and activity book. Kids will begin to understand the important discoveries that da Vinci made through inspiring activities like determining the launch angle of a catapult, sketching birds and other animals, creating a map, learning to look at a painti... [Read More]

  • Leonardo's Legacy: How Da Vinci Reimagined the World

    • ASIN: 0306820080
    • ISBN: 0306820080
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

    Revered today as perhaps the greatest of Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist at heart. The artist who created the Mona Lisa also designed functioning robots and digital computers, constructed flying machines, and built the first heart valve. His intuitive, ingenious approach—a new mode of thinking—linked highly diverse areas o... [Read More]

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