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Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

Biography & MemoirHistoryScience
Publish date
2017
Publisher
Domingo Yayinevi
Description
Walter Isaacson's biography chronicles the life, scientific studies, and artistic career of Leonardo da Vinci, drawing primarily from the polymath's personal notebooks. The book examines how Leonardo's persistent curiosity, meticulous observation, and ability to connect the humanities with the sciences fueled his diverse achievements in anatomy, engineering, and painting. It is written for general readers, students, and history enthusiasts interested in Renaissance culture and the intersection of art and science.
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    Kenneth Clark

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  2. Leonardo da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man

    Martin Kemp

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  3. Lives of the Artists

    Giorgio Vasari

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    Primary 16th-century biographical source frequently cited and critically evaluated throughout the biography.

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  4. Treatise on Painting

    Leonardo da Vinci

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    Posthumously compiled manuscript containing Leonardo's observations on technique, light, and shadows.

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  5. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

    Jean Paul Richter

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    Primary translation and compilation of Leonardo's personal codices, drawings, and notebooks.

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  6. Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind

    Charles Nicholl

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  7. The Science of Leonardo

    Fritjof Capra

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  8. Leonardo and the Last Supper

    Ross King

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    Detailed study cited for historical and technical details of the Milanese fresco commission.

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  9. On Painting

    Leon Battista Alberti

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  10. De Divina Proportione

    Luca Pacioli

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    Renaissance mathematical treatise illustrated by Leonardo, documenting their fruitful intellectual collaboration.

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  11. Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood

    Sigmund Freud

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  12. Leonardo's Brain: Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius

    Leonard Shlain

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