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Leonardo's Universe: The Renaissance World of Leonardo DaVinci
A veritable rock star in the book world some five centuries after his birth, Leonardo Da Vinci is a man for the ages. Millions of readers hungrily ponder the mysteries behind his sketch-filled notebooks, radical inventions, and enigmatic paintings. This stunning book, like no other on the market, explores the master’s insights and synthesizes his relationship with art and ...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
January 6th 2009
by National Geographic
(first published January 6th 2008)
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This coffee table-sized book presents in full glossy color the entirety of Leonardo DaVinci's life, work and thinking, while providing parallel social and historical context of Renaissance Italy. True to National Geographic's reputation, the imagery is the real highlight of this bio and not only contains numerous images from Leonardo's surviving notebooks, but his artwork, designs, as well as modern images from relevant locations in Italy.
Author Atalay presents tightly written analyses...more
Author Atalay presents tightly written analyses...more
The author is a professor at my alma mater, and I was fortunate to hear him speak at my last reunion. He's a physicist, an artist, and an art historian, as well as a fascinating person.
Biographies of famous people have always interested me. This one didn't disappoint.
Biographies of famous people have always interested me. This one didn't disappoint.
I decided to read this because it's written by a professor from my undergrad school, and I knew it would be interesting.
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