02399cam a2200313 i 4500 315399439 TxAuBib 20170901120000.0 170501s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017020817 9781501139154 37.50 1501139150 37.50 TxAuBib rda Isaacson, Walter. Leonardo da Vinci [BOOK] / Walter Isaacson. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017. xiv, 599 pages : Illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson reveals in 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. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. 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. In Leonardo da Vinci, Isaacson describes how Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and, like talented rebels in any era, to think different. Provided by publisher. 20220719. Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. Gifted persons Italy Biography. Artists Italy Biography. Scientists Italy Biography. Biographies.