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Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson

Label
Leonardo da Vinci
Title
Leonardo da Vinci
Statement of responsibility
Walter Isaacson
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"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. 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
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Isaacson, Walter
Dewey number
  • 709.2
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
N6923.L33
LC item number
I827 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Leonardo
  • Artists
  • Scientists
  • Gifted persons
Target audience
adult
Label
Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Vitruvian Man
  • The horse monument
  • Scientist
  • Birds and flight
  • The mechanical arts
  • Math
  • The nature of man
  • Virgin of the Rocks
  • The Milan portraits
  • The science of art
  • I can also paint
  • The Last Supper
  • Personal turmoil
  • Florence again
  • Saint Anne
  • Paintings lost and found
  • Cesare Borgia
  • Hydraulic engineer
  • Michelangelo and the lost Battles
  • Return to Milan
  • Anatomy, round two
  • Childhood
  • The world and its waters
  • Rome
  • Pointing the way
  • The Mona Lisa
  • France
  • Conclusion
  • Describe the tongue of the woodpecker
  • Apprentice
  • On his own
  • Milan
  • Leonardo's notebooks
  • Court entertainer
  • Personal life
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
xii, 599 pages
Isbn
9781501139161
Isbn Type
: PAP
Lccn
2017020817
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn980433369
  • (OCoLC)980433369
  • 1097482
  • (OCoLC)ocn980433369
  • (OCoLC)980433369
  • 2353979
  • (OCoLC)ocn980433369
  • (OCoLC)980433369
  • 1097482
  • (OCoLC)ocn980433369
  • (OCoLC)980433369
  • 2353979
Label
Leonardo da Vinci, Walter Isaacson
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Vitruvian Man
  • The horse monument
  • Scientist
  • Birds and flight
  • The mechanical arts
  • Math
  • The nature of man
  • Virgin of the Rocks
  • The Milan portraits
  • The science of art
  • I can also paint
  • The Last Supper
  • Personal turmoil
  • Florence again
  • Saint Anne
  • Paintings lost and found
  • Cesare Borgia
  • Hydraulic engineer
  • Michelangelo and the lost Battles
  • Return to Milan
  • Anatomy, round two
  • Childhood
  • The world and its waters
  • Rome
  • Pointing the way
  • The Mona Lisa
  • France
  • Conclusion
  • Describe the tongue of the woodpecker
  • Apprentice
  • On his own
  • Milan
  • Leonardo's notebooks
  • Court entertainer
  • Personal life
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
xii, 599 pages
Isbn
9781501139161
Isbn Type
: PAP
Lccn
2017020817
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn980433369
  • (OCoLC)980433369
  • 1097482
  • (OCoLC)ocn980433369
  • (OCoLC)980433369
  • 2353979
  • (OCoLC)ocn980433369
  • (OCoLC)980433369
  • 1097482
  • (OCoLC)ocn980433369
  • (OCoLC)980433369
  • 2353979

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