Leonardo Da Vinci (libro En Inglés)

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Nombre: Leonardo da Vinci (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Simon & Schuster

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The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it...Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life (The New Yorker).

Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vincis astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardos 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 historys most creative genius.

In the luminous (Daily Beast) Leonardo da Vinci, Isaacson describes how Leonardos 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. Here, da Vinci comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacsons ambitious new biography...a vigorous, insightful portrait (The Washington Post).

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"As always, [Isaacson] writes with a strongly synthesizing intelligence across a tremendous range; the result is a valuable introduction to a complex subject. . . . Beneath its diligent research, the book is a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it. . . . Most important, Isaacson tells a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life."
The New Yorker

To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take a tour through the life and works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time and in the company of the most engaging, informed, and insightful guide imaginable. Walter Isaacson is at once a true scholar and a spellbinding writer. And what a wealth of lessons there are to be learned in these pages."
David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Wright Brothers and 1776

Ive read a lot about Leonardo over the years, but I had never found one book that satisfactorily covered all the different facets of his life and work. Waltera talented journalist and author Ive gotten to know over the yearsdid a great job pulling it all together. . . . More than any other Leonardo book Ive read, this one helps you see him as a complete human being and understand just how special he was.

Bill Gates

Isaacsons essential subject is the singular life of brilliance. . . . Isaacson deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo . . . a masterpiece of concision.
San Francisco Chronicle

A captivating narrative about art and science, curiosity and discipline.
Adam Grant, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Originals

He comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacsons ambitious new biography . . . a vigorous, insightful portrait of the worlds most famous portraitist...Isaacsons purpose is a thorough synthesis, which he achieves with flair.
The Washington Post

Walter Isaacson is a renaissance man. . . . Rather like Leonardo, hes driven by a joyful desire to discover. That joy bubbles forth in this magnificent book. In Isaacson, Leonardo gets the biographer he deservesan autho

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-Idioma: Inglés
-Envío: Desde EE. UU.
-Libro Impreso y Nuevo

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Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9781501139161
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 1501139169
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta blanda
Editorial: Simon & Schuster
Titulo del libro: Leonardo da Vinci (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Isaacson, Walter
Fecha de publicación: 2018
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 624
ISBN-13: 9781501139161
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9781501139161