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| Title | : | Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the Mind |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.37 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143036122 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 622 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
A brilliant, witty, compelling, poignant, romantic biography of one of the greatest figures in human history Scott Hercher "The cage is empty; the mind has flown." This is how Charles Nicholl ends his biography of Leonardo da Vinci. Nicholl seeks the real Leonardo, not the hagiographic Renaissance superman; indeed, while he concedes you cannot write about Leonardo without using the wor. Of da Vinci the painter - not of multitalented man Nicholl manages to give a good view of the personality of Leonardo da Vinci, by describing what is known about da Vinci's childhood and then proceeding to describe his career as a *painter* in chronological order. Although in describing character Nicholl occasional. Three Stars Does a good job delving into the works of Leonardo but not a page turner on his life.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Leonardo established a Florentine studio in 1477, but it was not until he moved to Milan five years later that he began to produce his iconic works: the painting Virgin of the Rocks, the famous Vitruvian Man drawing. Nicholl chronicles the production of The Last Supper and makes a firm statement about the Mona Lisa's identity. Nicholl (Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa) conjectures convincingly about Leonardo's early career, though he tends to dwell overlong on technical aspects of Renaissance art production. . Numerous questions about Leonardo's life remain, unavoidably, unanswered, but Nicholl fills in the gaps with insight into the artist's cultural milieu, offering tidbits about Leonardo's sexuality, the sordid goings-on at the Borgia court and the multifarious fruits of the artist's astonishingly fertile curiosity and imaginat
In this widely acclaimed biography, Charles Nicholl uncovers the man behind the myth of the Renaissance master, tracing the journey from an illegitimate child in Tuscany to his service with some of the most powerful families of Renaissance Europe.
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