Leonardo Da Vinci Flights of the Mind

Name: Leonardo Da Vinci Flights of the Mind
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ISBN: 9780143036128

ISBN-10: 0143036122

ISBN-13: 9780143036128

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Authors: Charles Nicholl

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As the success of blockbusters like The Da Vinci Codeshows, the incomparable and enigmatic Leonardo da Vinci continues to captivate. In this widely acclaimed biography, Charles Nicholl uncovers the man behind the myth of the Renaissance master. Painter, sculptor, inventor, draftsman, anatomistLeonardos life and career encompassed so many of the creative achievements that made his era spectacular. Nicholl skillfully captures it all while tracing his subjects journey from an illegitimate child in Tuscany to his service with some of the most powerful families of Renaissance Europe. Rich with historical background, packed with black-and-white and color illustrations, and utterly engaging, this…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Charles Nicholl is a historian, biographer and travel writer. His books include The Reckoning (winner of the James Tait Black prize for biography and the Crime Writersrsquo; Association lsquo;Gold Daggerrsquo; award for non-fiction), A Cup of News: the life of Thomas Nashe, Shakespeare and his contemporaries (Natural Portrait Gallery insights series) and Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa (winner of the Hawthornden Prize). His most recent book was the acclaimed biography, Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind, which has been published in 17 languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has lectured in Britain, Italy and the United States.