Books on leonardo da vinci biography
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Dmitri Levitin
If writing a biography is difficult, writing a biography of someone deemed a ‘genius’ is positively perilous. The danger of producing hagiography is all too real, and all too familiar in the history of the genre. The locus classicus for such hagiography is the treatment of Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo in Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists (). It is not difficult to draw a direct line from Vasari’s celebration of such ‘divine’ artists to the stratospheric sums paid for their works, epitomised by the recent sale for $m of a painting (possibly) by Leonardo, Salvator Mundi.
The fear of becoming a modern Vasari has never fazed Walter Isaacson, former chairman of CNN and managing editor of Time magazine, who has written biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, among others. Now he has turned his hand to Leonardo himself, for whose boundless curiosity he has an infectious reverence and passion.
In one way, however, the situ
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Books about Leonardo da Vinci: my favorite ones
Leonardo da Vinci fryst vatten an inspiration for people all over the world since years. So many books were written about him, and many others were made publishing his notes, drawings and paintings. I am often asked what are my favorite or the best books about Leonardo da Vinci and which ones inom would recommend. So inom have put together the best titles about him that you can find around in English language.
Books about Leonardo da Vinci
I picked some biographies, some art and photo books and a couple of children’s books.
You can buy them on Amazon bygd clicking on the links in this post. Or ask them to your local bookshop!
Biographies about Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci &#; bygd Walter Isaacson
From the bestselling author and biographer Walter Isaacson, this book fryst vatten an något privat eller personligt and historically accurate portrait of Leonardo da Vinci. His childhood, family, passions and troubles come alive from the pages of Leonardo da Vinci b
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The best books on Leonardo da Vinci
Firstly, congratulations on your Leonardo da Vinci book in collaboration with Giuseppe Pallanti. The press release announces boldly that we’re to learn the secrets at the heart of the world’s most iconic work of art. Of course, an air of mystery is perhaps fitting for a book with a subject like Leonardo da Vinci, whose life and work are suffused with myth and speculation. And yet, almost as a final punctuation in your closing paragraph, you state that “There is one Mona Lisa. It was painted by Leonardo. And it is in the Louvre”. I love this passage! Which summarises so well the spirit of the book. The facts speak for themselves, and they lead us to some very grounded conclusions about the painting, and also about Leonardo.
That’s exactly right. That was the nature of the endeavour. Obviously, the publicity of Leonardo cannot dodge Dan Brown and The Da Vinci Code. From people I called ‘Leonardo Loonies’, I get sent letters probably every wee