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The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) have proved endlessly fascinating for generations. In Leonardo da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his twenty-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was a painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. What was it that propelled Leonardo’s insatiable curiosity? Nuland finds clues in his subject’s art, relationships, and scientific studies—as well as in a vast quantity of notes that became widely known in the twentieth century. Scholarly and passionate, Nuland’s Leonardo da Vinci takes us deep into the first truly modern, empirical mind, one that was centuries ahead of its time.
Editions of Leonardo da Vinci
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780143035107
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780670893911
- EBook
- ISBN 9781440679278
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9780736656214
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781415951668
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781415910825
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9781415910832
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780736670708
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The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) have proved endlessly fascinating for generations. In Leonardo da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his twenty-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was a painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. What was it that propelled Leonardo’s insatiable curiosity? Nuland finds clues in his subject’s art, relationships, and scientific studies—as well as in a vast quantity of notes that became widely known in the twentieth century. Scholarly and passionate, Nuland’s Leonardo da Vinci takes us deep into the first truly modern, empirical mind, one that was centuries ahead of its time.
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The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) have proved endlessly fascinating for generations. In Leonardo da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his twenty-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was a painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. What was it that propelled Leonardo’s insatiable curiosity? Nuland finds clues in his subject’s art, relationships, and scientific studies—as well as in a vast quantity of notes that became widely known in the twentieth century. Scholarly and passionate, Nuland’s Leonardo da Vinci takes us deep into the first truly modern, empirical mind, one that was centuries ahead of its time.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Leonardo da Vinci?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Biography: general > Biography: arts and entertainment
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Sherwin Nuland
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Leonardo da Vinci is available as paperback(ISBN 9780143035107) and altformat(ISBN 9780670893911) and ebook(ISBN 9781440679278) and audiobook(ISBN 9780736656214) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415951668) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415910825) and audiodisc(ISBN 9781415910832) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736670708)
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